All 3 Types of Glial Cells Are Important for Memory Formation

• मुख्य लेखक: Leif Hertz (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Ye Chen (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: Neurosciences; Brain rhythms and memory; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Astrocytes in memory; glycogen and glucocorticoids in memory; Neuro- and glio-transmitters in memory; Glutamate; Microglia in memory; Aquaporin4 and memory; Traumatic brain injury and memory
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The vertebrate brain contains neurons and 3 classical types of glia cells, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and microglia. Astrocytes and microglia have mainly been studied in gray matter, whereas oligodendrocytes myelinate white matter tracts. Until recently microglial effects were considered mainly du...