Glia

Researchers at Tohoku University have shown that astrocytes -- star-shaped glial cells that control the local ionic and metabotropic environment of the brain -- exhibit an acid response with…

Glial cells are a type of brain cells that surround and nourish neurons, and are also involved in mounting immune responses within the central nervous…

- a special variant of positron emission tomography (PET - an imaging study) is used to by administering an aqueous radioactive glucose solution that distributes in the brain. …