a: An astrocyte ~
b: nursing cell
What: "There are two important support cells to know about -- oligodendrocytes and astrocytes. An oligodendrocyte puts myelin around your nerve connections. (In MS, myelin is disrupted.) Myelin is like insulation. An astrocyte is a nursing cell. It sits next to the dopamine neuron and feeds it. The astrocyte is like a hospital."
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Writer: Svendsen, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Date: Oct 19 2013 2:26 PM
# 4192 Critique Analogy