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  2. Astrocyte - Wikipedia

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    Such cells have been called hybrid brain cells because they exhibit both neuron-like and glial-like properties. Unlike traditional neurons , these cells not only transmit electrical signals but also provide supportive roles typically associated with glial cells , such as regulating the brain's extracellular environment and maintaining overall ...

  3. Subgranular zone - Wikipedia

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    The progression from neural stem cell to granule cell in the SGZ can be described by tracing the following lineage of cell types: [7] [8] Radial glial cells. Radial glial cells are a subset of astrocytes, which are typically thought of as non-neuronal support cells. The radial glial cells in the SGZ have cell bodies that reside in the SGZ and ...

  4. Radial glial cell - Wikipedia

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    Radial glia are now recognized as key progenitor cells in the developing nervous system. During the late stages of neurogenesis, radial glial cells divide asymmetrically in the ventricular zone, generating a new radial glial cell, as well as a postmitotic neuron or an intermediate progenitor (IPC) daughter cell.

  5. Neuroepithelial cell - Wikipedia

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    The progenitor cells and radial glial cells respond to extracellular trophic factors - like ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF), cytokines or neuregulin 1 (NRG1) - that can determine whether the cells will differentiate into either neurons or glia. [5]

  6. Glia - Wikipedia

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    Neoplastic glial cells stained with an antibody against GFAP (brown), from a brain biopsy. While glial cells in the PNS frequently assist in regeneration of lost neural functioning, loss of neurons in the CNS does not result in a similar reaction from neuroglia. [18] In the CNS, regrowth will only happen if the trauma was mild, and not severe. [40]

  7. Gyrification - Wikipedia

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    Studies of the mechanism of Zika malformations indicate that the principal defect is due to infection of radial glial cells and subsequent cell death. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Death of cortical stem cells causes the loss of all expected daughter cells, and the scope of the malformation thus depends on the timing of infection as well as its severity during ...

  8. Cellular extensions - Wikipedia

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    Foot-like processes are also present in Müller glia (modified astrocytes of the retina), [3] pancreatic stellate cells, [4] dendritic cells, [5] oligodendrocytes, [6] and others. Microglia , which are notably smaller than macroglia , can also extend their end-processes to contact areas of capillaries that are devoid of astrocyte endfeet , and ...

  9. Neurogenesis - Wikipedia

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    These early stem cells are called neuroepithelial cells (NEC)s, but soon take on a highly elongated radial morphology and are then known as radial glial cells (RGC)s. [3] RGCs are the primary stem cells of the mammalian CNS, and reside in the embryonic ventricular zone , which lies adjacent to the central fluid-filled cavity ( ventricular ...