Brain cell

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This article is about about neurobiological brain cells. For the mail art project, see Brain Cell.

Brain cell is a generic term for the neurons and glial cells. Neurons are nerve cells that process and transmit information through the nervous system. Glial cells provide support, protection, and nutrition to the neurons. Other cells in the brain include epithelial cells that make up the lining of the blood vessels.

Brain cells are commonly thought to remain in the beginning stage of interphase of cell reproduction for their life, and never divide, and instead develop by forming new synapses with other neurons. However, a landmark study in late 1998 by researchers from Sweden and the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, showed for the first time that some brain cells in mature humans may regenerate under certain circumstances.[1]

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  1. ^ Brain Cells Found to Regenerate. physicians of the Medical College of Wisconsin (2001-01-17). Retrieved on September 2007.

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