glia
noun
glial
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a word derived from
glia.
Example Sentences
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"By sharing energy reserves, satellite glial cells may help keep neurons out of pain," said Ji, a professor of anesthesiology, neurobiology and cell biology at Duke School of Medicine.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
Both types of injury led to cell death and the formation of glial scars -- just as occurs in real spinal cord injury.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026
When compared with autopsy samples from individuals without epilepsy, the tissue from TLE patients showed a five-fold increase in senescent glial cells.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 25, 2025
By contrast, suzetrigine inhibits pain by taking advantage of voltage-gated sodium channels found on the membranes of neurons, muscle cells and glial cells, particularly at the junction between neurons and muscle cells.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2025
They contend that all the phenomena can be more simply explained without postulating the movement required for the Duval Theory or the glial activity of Ramon y Cajal's hypothesis.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
