Peter Attia· MD
the main cells are the neurons which are responsible for firing and forming synapses which regulate how how the brain functions the neurons cannot do their own function had it not been for helper cells and these include in general glial cells glial cells could be astrocytes and these are cells which are tightly associated with neurons and they regulate the energy storage production and so forth that the neuron would need to keep firing astrocytes have a lot of functions but they're mostly viewed as taking up glucose or fat and providing substrates that the neuron could use to be able to generate atp and keep firing and then you've got the glial cells the microglial cells which have gained a lot of traction in the last decade or so because they have been linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as alzheimer's disease and glial cells are immune cells responsible for cleaning up whether it's going to be a beta or an infection these immune cells have the responsibility of making sure that the house is in order there's also the oligodendrocytes and other kinds of cells but those three cells are the main type of cells that we study in the brain