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Date sent: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 17:56:34 -0400 Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> From: KF Etzold <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Dead brain cells, where are they going? To: [log in to unmask] > Here is a question for the Doctors (medical) and Biologists in our > midst. The observation in PD is that brain cells die. Ok. But what > happens to them. Do they get absorbed by the body? Then, what fills > the empty spaces? > > K-F cg Carline Glial cells come in and "eat up" the dead cells, leaving "holes" in their wake. Also increased numbers of glial cells (a "scar" in the nervous system). Best, Bob ********************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 WWW: http://www.dovecom.com/rafink/ mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" *********************************************