Saturday, July 17, 2010

White Matter Matters More TOT

TOT= Than Once Thought

From 2007 but still interesting.

FTA: Two research groups have turned the conventional wisdom about glial cells—that they do not form synapses with neurons—on its head, opening up new avenues of scientific exploration directed at glia. ...

Their work is the latest chapter in a succession of unanticipated results that are challenging the long-held view of glia as the necessary but unremarkable supporting cast to the reigning star of the nervous system, the neuron. ...

and finally MRIN: “Like any good study, this one raises many more questions than it answers,”

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