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Glia means glue, and the assumption back then was that glial cells were just glue holding a brain together.
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Glia cells work in the brain the way immune cells do in the body, to keep our gray matter happy, healthy and free from infection.
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Perego C, Aliprandi M, Richichi C, Ravizza T, et al. (2003) Glia activation and cytokine increase in rat hippocampus by kainic acid-induced status epilepticus during postnatal development.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Graciela Navarro Mora et al. 2009
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In the October issue of the journal Glia, now published online, the scientists say that the type of chemical they used to deactivate these cells could possibly be developed as a drug to treat a variety of acute and chronic disorders marked by brain cell damage - including stroke, head and spinal cord injury, and possibly Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
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The Tripartite Synapse: Glia in Synaptic Transmission
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2005 Glia: novel counterregulators of opioid analgesia.
The Other Brain R. Douglas Fields 2009
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2005 Alcohol and glia in the developing brain, in The Role of Glia in Neurotoxicity, Michael Ascher and Lucio G.
The Other Brain R. Douglas Fields 2009
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2005 Glia: novel counter-regulators of opioid analgesia.
The Other Brain R. Douglas Fields 2009
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Panatier A, Theodosis DT, Mothet JP, Touquet B, Pollegioni L, et al. (2006) Glia-derived D-serine controls NMDA receptor activity and synaptic memory.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Samir Koirala et al. 2010
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Iino M, Goto K, Kakegawa W, Okado H, Sudo M, et al. (2001) Glia-synapse interaction through Ca2+-permeable AMPA receptors in Bergmann glia.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Samir Koirala et al. 2010
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