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Astrocytes
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STORE GLYCOGEN
Fuction as sponges of the brain Soak up NeuroTransmitter K+ metabolism foot processes make up the BBB |
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Microglia
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Derrived from monocytes
are phagocytes of the CNS associated with Dz and Scaring |
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Oligodendrocytes
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Form myelin axons in CNS
myelinate several neurons (up to 50) |
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Ependymal Cells
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line the ventricles and central canal
Include: tanycytes and choroidal cells |
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Tanycytes
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a type of ependymal cell in the 3rd ventricle
transport substances to and from the CSF |
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Choroid Epithelial cells
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modified versions of ependymal cells line the floor of the 3rd ventricle and and lateral ventricles and produce CSF
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