glial cells
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Alcoholic brain disease Nerve cells and other supporting cells (such as glial cells) of the nervous system require thiamine.
Along with neurons, the nervous system contains other specialized cells called glial cells (or simply glia), which provide structural and metabolic support.
Both tissues include a number of glial cells (although the white matter contains more), which are often referred to as supporting cells of the central nervous system.
In the brain, they are present in different subcellular compartments in neuronal and glial cells, and contribute to different neuronal functions.
Primary tumors of the glial cells are called gliomas and often are malignant by the time they are diagnosed.
Regulation of actin polymerization by T 4 is critical to cell migration in neurons and glial cells and is important to brain development.