The non-neuronal cells of the nervous system. They not only provide physical support, but also respond to injury, regulate the ionic and chemical composition of the extracellular milieu, participate in the BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER and BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER, form the myelin insulation of nervous pathways, guide neuronal migration during development, and exchange metabolites with neurons. Neuroglia have high-affinity transmitter uptake systems, voltage-dependent and transmitter-gated ion channels, and can release transmitters, but their role in signaling (as in many other functions) is unclear.
    

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Neurons and astrocytes from neural stem cells

Differentiated neural stem cells

Astrocytes derived from human neural stem cells. Astrocytes are crucial for correct brain function.

Astrocytes and oligodendrocytes from neural stem cells

Generation of oligodendrocytes

Unusual nerve cell in the retina

Brain cancer stem cells

Carl Ludwig Schleich und seine Gedanken über die Neuroglia / [Nikolaus Hablützel].

Biology of neuroglia / edited by E.D.P. de Robertis and R. Carrea.

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Unusual nerve cell in the retina

Brain cancer stem cells

Carl Ludwig Schleich und seine Gedanken über die Neuroglia / [Nikolaus Hablützel].

Biology of neuroglia / edited by E.D.P. de Robertis and R. Carrea.

Differentiated neural stem cells