Modelagem realista em neurociência computacional: cadê as glias?

Suponha que existam dois modelos: um modelo detalhado, biofisicamente realista, de uma rede neural sem glias, e uma modelo simplificado, onde os neuronios são representados por elementos excitáveis, porém onde os Astrócitos e Oligodendrócitos também sejam representados por elementos dinâmicos simples. Qual dos dois modelos é mais realista biologicamente? Depression and Glia Posted on 07/19/2010 by scicurious Sadly, Sci’s home laptop died another little death last night. While Le Petit Mort might indeed feel great to my laptop, the sudden loss of function was pretty rough on Sci. While Mr. S attempts to work his super magic on the issue, Sci’s post for today comes to you via Ruby, Sci’s intrepid little netbook. Everyone wave hello to Ruby, and hope she can keep herself together long enough to get this thing written. What this also means is that Sci will be unable to provide any interesting pictures until she is capable of getting to her other computer in the AM. She will do her best ...