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Are there any animal species with higher glial cell efficiency than we humans have?

• arthurcolle 12y ago
  Elephants, I believe
  • iak8god 12y ago
    > > Are there any animal species with higher glial cell efficiency than we humans have? > > Elephants, I believe I tried to find some info on this then realized I wasn't sure what GP meant by "glial cell efficiency." I did find a claim that "the human brain has about 90%; and the elephant brain consists of some 97% glia." [1] Is the percentage of glial cells what you mean by "glial cell efficiency"? [1] http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v457/n7230/full/457675a.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v457/n7230/full/457675a...
    • damon_c 12y ago
      I guess what I was getting at is, it would be very interesting if there was an animal whose glial cels had similar effects when injected into developing human brains as our cels had on the mouse brains in the article.