Astrocyte
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Astrocytes, also known collectively as astroglia, are characteristic star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord. They perform many functions, including biochemical control of endothelial cel
An astrocyte from a rat brain grown in tissue culture and stained with antibodies to GFAP (red) and vimentin (green). Both proteins are present in large amounts in the intermediate filaments of this cell, so the cell appears yellow. The blue material shows DNA visualized with DAPI stain, and reveals the nucleus of the astrocyte and of other cells. Image courtesy of EnCor Biotechnology Inc.
Astrocytes (green) in the context of neurons (red) in a mouse cortex cell culture
Astrocytes are depicted in red. Cell nuclei are depicted in blue. Astrocytes were obtained from brains of newborn mice.
Glia
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Glia, also called glial cells or neuroglia, are non-neuronal cells in the central nervous system and in the peripheral nervous system that do not produce electrical impulses. The neuroglia make up mor
Astrocyte
…from Ancient Greek ἄστρον, ástron, "star" and κύτος, kútos, "cavity", "cell"), also known collectively as astroglia, are characteristic star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord. They perform many functions, including biochemical control of endothelial cells that form the blood–brain barrier, provision…
Neoplastic glial cells stained with an antibody against GFAP (brown), from a brain biopsy