Your brain is 10% neurons, and 90% glial cells.

大脑由 10% 的经元和 90% 的经胶质构成。

2015, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor called a glioblastoma multiforme grade four.

2015年，我被诊断出患有脑瘤，叫做多形性胶质母瘤四级。

Patients diagnosed with glioblastoma tumors usually survive just 15 months after diagnosis.

被诊断出胶质母瘤的患者能存活15个月。

This myelin is produced by oligodendrocytes, which are a group of cells that support neurons.

髓鞘由支经元的少突胶质形成。

According to this, his diagnosis is glioblastoma multiforme.

上边的确诊结果是多形性成胶质瘤。

There is also a category of cells called neuroglial cells that help support brain homeostasis, and neuronal functions.

大脑中还有一类被称为经胶质，帮助维大脑的自稳态以及经功能。

Glia are support cells for neurons.

胶质是经元的支。

The brain has immune cells known as microglia that are supposed to maintain health by removing waste.

脑中含有被称为微小胶质的免疫，它们过清除代谢废物的方式保脑的健康。

Kathy Smith has ovarian cancer that spread to her brain, a type of brain cancer called glioblastoma.

凯西·史密斯所患的卵巢癌已扩散至她的大脑，这种脑癌被称为胶质母瘤。

And this tissue also is made up of two different cell types — neurons and glial cells.

这种组织也由两种不同的类型组成：经元和经胶质。

Glia surround neurons and, according to some scientists, may even outnumber them by as many as ten to one.

胶质围绕经元，据一些科学家称，其数量比可能是十多个经胶质对一个经元。

In fact, there are probably almost as many glia in your brain and nervous system as there are neurons!

事实上，你的大脑和经系统中的经胶质可能几乎和经元一样多！

In these studies, scientists transformed glia cells into neurons that had all the typical features you'd expect.

在这些研究中，科学家将经胶质转化为具有你所期望的所有典型特征的经元。

But more than that the supportive cells called glial cells are now cleaning up the toxins that the neurons produce.

但是除此之外，叫作经胶质的支，会在你睡觉时清除经元产生的毒素。

To name just one example, patterns of activity between neurons are likely influenced by a type of cell called glia.

仅举一个例子，经元之间的活动模式很可能受到一种称为经胶质的影响。

Now, if glia are so important, it might seem unwise to transform some of them into neurons.

如果胶质如此重要，那么将它们中的一些转化为经元似乎是不明智的。

They arise from supportive glial cells as well as neurons.

其源于经胶质或经元。

The theory is that if you really tax your brain, the neurofibers will become thicker and the glial cells more lustrous.

理论上来说如果你真的充分利用了大脑那你的经纤维会更加粗壮经胶质会更有光泽。

An organ that has evolved over millions of years to have around 86 billion neurons and even Glial cells to support it.

一个进化了数百万年的器官，有 860 亿的经元甚至经胶质来支它运作。

Without oligodendrocytes, there's no myelin to cover the neurons, and this leaves behind areas of scar tissue, also called plaques or sclera.

没了少突胶质，也就没有保护经元的髓鞘，还会留下斑痕组织（硬化斑）。