Neuroscience: Settling the great glia debate : Nature News - 0 views
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Charles Daney on 17 Jan 11For many years, neurons were thought to be alone in executing this task, and glia were consigned to a supporting role regulating a neuron's environment, helping it to grow, and even providing physical scaffolding (glia is Greek for 'glue'). In the past couple of decades, however, this picture has been changing.