How to Use glial in a Sentence

glial

adjective

• Their equivalent of blood simply sloshes through organs inside their exoskeleton, but their equivalent of a brain is sheathed in protective glial cells.
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 20 June 2023
• The next split along the neural branch divides true neurons from glial cells.
  — Christof Koch, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2021
• In the human brain, glial cells are as abundant as neurons are.
  — Quanta Magazine, 27 Jan. 2020
• This is a thin set of channels formed by the brain’s glial cells that can conduct fluid within the brain.
  — Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2019
• According to many researchers, the glial cells that form the scar are toxic to growing nerves.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
• What would neurons be without the glial cells that surround and support them?
  — Jennifer Leman, Scientific American, 29 July 2019
• Glial cells are coloured green and retinal ganglion cells are orange.
  — Randy Dotinga, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2007
• When glial cells were turned off via gene editing, the mice were less sensitive to pain such as pinpricks.
  — National Geographic, 9 Jan. 2020
• The tumors arise from the brain's glial cells, which are cells that are wrapped around neurons throughout the central nervous system.
  — Laurie McGinley, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2017
• Glioblastoma occurs when a tumor forms in the brain's glial cells, which typically are there to help keep the brain healthy.
  — Scott Berson, miamiherald, 30 May 2018
• Having more glial cells has been linked to more adaptive cognition, the researchers said.
  — Daniela Hernandez, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
• Just why Schwann and glial cells appear to be targets of cell phone radiation is not clear.
  — Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2018
• This image shows two important support cells (glial cells) of the human brain.
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 28 Mar. 2018
• Science Alert reports both types of glial cells are active during sleep and play an important role in repairing the brain at the end of the day.
  — Michael Harthorne, Fox News, 30 May 2017
• While 80 percent of genes stayed stable over time, the neuronal and glial genes represent the other 20 percent.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 26 Mar. 2021
• Astrocytes, one kind of glial cell, are key to the regulation of glutamate levels in the brain.
  — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2011
• The brains of those with epilepsy contained more glial cells (non-neuronal cells that support and maintain other brain cells) than the brains of people with schizophrenia.
  — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• Haas was diagnosed with a malignant glioma (a tumor that originates in the glial cells of the brain or spinal cord) in July 2020, according to the union.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 29 Apr. 2021
• Goldman and some colleagues reported in August glial cells play a central role in the disorder.
  — Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2018
• The study revolves around two types of glial cells: astrocytes and microglial cells, according to New Scientist.
  — Michael Harthorne, Fox News, 30 May 2017
• A number of studies have focused on senescent glial cells in the brain, an important and large class of non-neuronal cells that have a host of critical functions.
  — Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022
• One category of genes was strikingly absent, though: those expressed in glial cells, which support and maintain the nerve cells.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 July 2018
• But all of the mice showed a reduced response to mechanical pain when the glial complex was deactivated.
  — National Geographic, 15 Aug. 2019
• Her findings, published in 1984, suggested that Einstein had more glial cells per neuron than the average man.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
• The proper gene in the glial cells takes over, stopping the brain deterioration that would otherwise occur.
  — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2017
• Her discovery launched renewed interest in the role of glial cells, which are now believed to play a crucial role in cognitive processes.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 30 July 2017
• One small study found Albert Einstein’s brain had more glial cells supporting neurons than the brains of men with average intelligence.
  — Daniela Hernandez, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
• The second study, published in Neurology, found evidence of damaged neurons and glial cells, which are fundamental cells in the brain.
  — Dr. Pooja Sharma, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2022
• Moreover, new forms of support for peripheral nerve glial cells known as Schwann cells may also help persuade reluctant nerves to regrow.
  — Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2021
• Telocyte’s gene therapy would aim to rebuild those glial telomeres.
  — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024