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
An astrocyte from a rat brain grown in tissue culture and stained with antibodies to GFAP (red) and vimentin (green)
Neoplastic glial cells stained with an antibody against GFAP (brown), from a brain biopsy
Tripartite synapse
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Tripartite synapse refers to the functional integration and physical proximity of:
Tripartite Synapse: Presynaptic neuron, Postsynaptic neuron, and Glial cells
Glial purinergic signaling. The astrocyte is a glial cell.