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Erschienen in: Brain Structure and Function 4-5/2009

01.09.2009 | Brain Mythology

Are there ten times more glia than neurons in the brain?

verfasst von: Claus C. Hilgetag, Helen Barbas

Erschienen in: Brain Structure and Function | Ausgabe 4-5/2009

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Neuroscience students take it for granted that there are many more glia than neurons in the brain. Neuroscience textbooks state with confidence: “Although there are many neurons in the human brain…, glia outnumber neurons by tenfold” (Bear et al. 2006) or, not to be outdone, even by “10–50 times”, as claimed in another text (Kandel et al. 2000). This fact is happily invoked by gliologists to promote the status of their field. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Are there ten times more glia than neurons in the brain?
verfasst von
Claus C. Hilgetag
Helen Barbas
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2009
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Brain Structure and Function / Ausgabe 4-5/2009
Print ISSN: 1863-2653
Elektronische ISSN: 1863-2661
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-009-0202-z

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