Metaphorically Speaking.......that Is.........
a: Glial cell ~
b: sober friends of drunk neurons
What: "The other analogy I have heard is that glial cells are like the sober friends of drunk, stumbling neurons, carting them home after an extensive night of firing action potentials, running low on transmitters, and throwing up ions until their electric potential is completely imbalanced."
Useful?
Writer: Tantalus Prime
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Date: May 8 2013 12:38 PM
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