Glia guide brain development in worms

Mind-blowing. In C. elegans, fluorescent images show that when brain cells called glia are zapped — and killed — with a microscopic laser, neurons (red) survive but are highly abnormal (right) compared to normal ones (left).
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Glia guide brain development in worms

Jul 14, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 4 vote(s)
Again and again, experiments confirmed it. Without glia, neurons die. So scientists who wanted to study in living animals what glia — the most abundant brain cells — do for neurons besides keep them alive were out of luck. But now, a breakthrough.
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