These cells are responsible for general maintenance within the nervous system through a plethora of supporting functions. Namely, the stabilizing neurons, that is, ensuring that neurons are held firmly in place. Controlling neurons’ nutrient supply and some of the chemicals needed to carry out messages with other neurons. Insulating neurons; separating them from each other so that neural messages are not scrambled. Lastly, they destroy and remove “the carcasses of neurons that are killed by disease or injury”, (Carlson, 2013, p.36). These functions are concentrated around neurons; these are the cells responsible for electrical impulses (coordinating signaling in the nervous system). The general functions of glial cells can be seen in the operations of its different types, within the CNS and PNS. They are astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglial cells in the CNS and Schwann cells in the PNS (House & Palmer,
These cells are responsible for general maintenance within the nervous system through a plethora of supporting functions. Namely, the stabilizing neurons, that is, ensuring that neurons are held firmly in place. Controlling neurons’ nutrient supply and some of the chemicals needed to carry out messages with other neurons. Insulating neurons; separating them from each other so that neural messages are not scrambled. Lastly, they destroy and remove “the carcasses of neurons that are killed by disease or injury”, (Carlson, 2013, p.36). These functions are concentrated around neurons; these are the cells responsible for electrical impulses (coordinating signaling in the nervous system). The general functions of glial cells can be seen in the operations of its different types, within the CNS and PNS. They are astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglial cells in the CNS and Schwann cells in the PNS (House & Palmer,