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Psychiatry/Neuroscience

Glial Cells

Glia are involved in nearly every aspect of brain function, including brain development, homeostasis, information processing, neurological disease and psychiatric illness.
CME credit is no longer available for this conference.

Course Authors

R. Douglas Fields, Ph.D.

Dr. Fields is Chief, Nervous System Development and Plasticity Section, National Institutes of Health, NICHD, Bethesda, MD. He is the author of The Other Brain.

Within the past 12 months, Dr. Fields reports no commercial conflict of interest.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CCME staff, and interMDnet staff have nothing to disclose.

Release Date: 10/08/2012

 
Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:

  • Discuss and describe the four major types of glia

  • Discuss the major functions of glia

  • Describe how glia communicate without using electricity, including how they sense electrical activity and regulate communication between neurons.

 

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