title: The importance of glia in dealing with stress.
abstract: Glia are starting to be accepted as the equal of neurons. Their impact on intelligence, environmental enrichment, and cerebral dominance forms the basis for understanding the role of glia in stress. Along with neurons, astrocytes, microglia, NG2 cells, and oligodendrocytes all contribute. Glia can even be protective against drug abuse. Glial effects on depression, mood disorders and schizophrenia are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, 307 Calle Eleonor Roosevelt, San Juan, PR 00918-2720, USA. Electronic address: michel.woodbury@upr.edu.
authors.forename: Michel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Woodbury-Fariña
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000378:metabolism*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000378:metabolism*
keywords: Astroglia; Drug abuse; Environmental enrichment; Glia; Immune theory of mental illness-Glymphatics; Intelligence; Microglia; NG2 glia; Oligodendrocytes; S100B