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Astrocytes are glial cells, which protect and support neurons — the brain cells that allow thinking and movement.
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Jon Hamilton, NPR, 25 Mar. 2025
Glioma is the umbrella term for cancer of the glial cells that help support, protect, and connect nerves.
—New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2025
According to the American Brain Tumor Association, a low-grade glioma is a type of slow-growing brain tumor that arises from glial cells, which support and protect neurons.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Sure enough, after the impacts from the piston, the HSV-1 cells became active and began causing their usual havoc – sparking inflammation, fostering the growth of tangle-causing amyloid plaques, killing off neurons, and leading to a runaway development of glial cells in a process called gliosis.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
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Jon Hamilton, NPR, 25 Mar. 2025
Glioma is the umbrella term for cancer of the glial cells that help support, protect, and connect nerves.
—New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2025
According to the American Brain Tumor Association, a low-grade glioma is a type of slow-growing brain tumor that arises from glial cells, which support and protect neurons.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Sure enough, after the impacts from the piston, the HSV-1 cells became active and began causing their usual havoc – sparking inflammation, fostering the growth of tangle-causing amyloid plaques, killing off neurons, and leading to a runaway development of glial cells in a process called gliosis.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Glial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glial. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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