A specialized cell that surrounds neurons, providing metabolic and physical support.
a kind of cell that provides a physical support structure for the neurons, supplies them with nutrition, removes neuronal metabolic waste materials, facilitates the transmission of messages by neurons, and helps regenerate damaged neurons in the peripheral nervous system. (68)
A non-neuronal cell in the nervous system that helps regulate the extracellular environment, including uptake of neurotransmitters released from synapses.
A support cell in the nervous system.
Cells in the brain that act as guidewires for growing neurons, provide a supportive scaffolding for mature neurons, and form the myelin sheath and blood-brain barrier.
A type of cell that surrounds nerve cells and holds them in place. Glial cells also insulate nerve cells from each other.
A cell within the nervous system that does not itself transmit electrical and chemical signals, but which provides metabolic and structural support for neurons. ( More? Neural Notes)
Nonneuronal cell in CNS also called neuroglial cell that helps regulate extracellular environment of CNS.
Non-neural cells in the nervous system, see also Neuron
Support cells in the nervous system; oligodendrocytes, astrocytes and microglial cells in the central nervous system and Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system.
a specialized cell that supports, protects, or nourishes nerve cells.
A specialized type of cell that is a “helper†to neurons, and is necessary for the proper function of the nervous system. There are several types of glial cells, including astrocytes, microglia, oligodendroglia, satellite cells, and Schwann cells (see the individual defintions of these subtypes of glial cells for more information).
(GLEE-uhl) A kind of cell in the nervous system that provides nutrition and support to a nerve cell.
A glial cell is a specialized cell that surrounds nerve cells providing structural and metabolic support. It is estimated that glial cells outnumber neurons by as much as 50 to 1. Also known as neuroglia or glia.
Glial cells, commonly called neuroglia or simply glia, are non-neuronal cells that provide support and nutrition, maintain homeostasis, form myelin, and participate in signal transmission in the nervous system.