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In article <32FF4944.ABD322C@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>,
Joerg Wellner  <jwe@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote:
>Benton Jackson wrote:
>> 
>> There's been a recent complication to this. Our local paper reported on
>> research
>> done by the University of Minnesota indicating that glial cells can
>> communicate
>> with each other. Glial cells were thought to be just support cells for the
>> neurons, which do the real work.
>
>
>Quite interesting! Could you give some more details?
>
>Cheers
>Joerg


It seems that glial cells are looking more and more important in brain 
function all the time.  I've read of both electrical and chemical 
signalling mechanisms among glial cells.  Not only that but they release 
many substances which do all sorts of things to neuron functioning and 
growth.  I'm sure the knowlegeable people in this newsgroup will elaborate.

Brian

  
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