{"id":2064,"date":"2025-11-03T20:38:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2025-11-03T20:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:38:19","slug":"glia-derives-from-the-greek-word-for-glue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/2025\/11\/03\/glia-derives-from-the-greek-word-for-glue\/","title":{"rendered":"Glia derives from the greek word for glue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Glia derives from the greek word for glue, but in reality they do so much more than provide structural support. From protection to insulation, this group of brain cells are incredibly diverse in their shapes and functions – and we’re learning more everyday!<\/p>\n

In this video by our hashtag#ElectronMicroscopy team, shows a pyramidal neuron (PyC) surrounded by 8 glia brain cells \u2013 5 microglia (MG) and 3 oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPC).<\/p>\n

Explore the complexity of the brain right from your browser via the MICrONS Explorer: https:\/\/lnkd.in\/g2Pj-TKH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Allen InstituteAllen Institute 59,445 followers59,445 followers 2h \u2022 2 hours ago \u2022 Visible to anyone on or off LinkedIn Glia derives from the greek word for glue, but in reality they do so much more than provide structural support. From protection to insulation, this group of brain cells are incredibly diverse in their shapes and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2065,"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions\/2065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathandespres.com\/cryonicsrevival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}