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Vol. 468 No. 7321 pp213-262
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Since their discovery more than 150 years ago, glial cells have been defined by what they couldn't do. Above all, they were considered to lack certain properties of neurons, such as the ability to communicate with other cells through fast electrical and chemical signals. However, recent research suggests that glial cells have a crucial role in brain development and function, and in many diseases of the nervous system.
