nonglial
Nonglial is a term used in neuroscience to describe cells in the nervous system that are not glial cells. Glial cells are the non-neuronal support cells, including astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, Schwann cells, microglia, and ependymal cells. Nonglial cells thus encompass neurons—the primary signaling cells—as well as non-neural constituents such as vascular components and certain immune cells that reside in nervous tissue.
The prototypical nonglial cell is the neuron, which generates and transmits electrical signals and forms synaptic
In development, glial and nonglial lineages diverge early. Glial cells originate from progenitors that differentiate into
The term nonglial is less common in modern literature, which often prefers precise descriptors such as neuron,