Glia Cells Flashcards
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Function
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support, nutrition, maintain homeostasis, myelination, repairing, immunoreactive, and participate in signaling
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Glia Cells
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Not Neurons
*Have no firing action
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Microglia/Macroglia
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specialized macrophages in the CNS
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Astrocyte
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Supporting endothelial cells in the BBB, communicating via gap junctions using Ca/IP3 signaling, regulate extracellular levels of glutamate
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Oligodendrocytes
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myelination (axon insulation) in CNS
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Ependymal Cells
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form the ventricle wall and secrete CSF
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Radial Glia
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neuronal progenitor cells, develop neurons and other cells types in CNS
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Schwann cells
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myelination (in PNS), repairs damage to axons
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Satellite cells
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Progenitor cells in muscle (PNS)
