What are Glial Cells: Definition, Types, Functions of Glial Cells | Role in Psychology

Glial cells are various types of brain cells. There are 3 main types of glial cells - astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglial cells. These cells protect neurons, help neurons pass information, and keep the brain healthy.

These group of cells were relegated to a footnote in neurobiological history but in the last two decades, neuroscience has found that these cells not only take out the brain's garbage and maintain it, they might also be a crucial component to deciphering our thoughts and consciousness!

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0:00 - Introduction
1:13 - Types of Glial cells
2:56 - Functions of Glial cells
4:16 - Importance of Glial cells

References:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5258184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5063692/
https://www.jneurosci.org/content/29/10/3276
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1934590913000076
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2019.01125/full
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10921/

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