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Fraction of brain nerve cells that are neuroglia

Range	A few cells nematode: 25% fruit fly: 65% mouse: ~90% human: 97% elephant %
Organism	Eukaryotes
Reference	Allen NJ, Barres BA. Neuroscience: Glia - more than just brain glue. Nature. 2009 Feb 5 457(7230):675-7. p.675 middle column bottom paragraph right column top paragraphPubMed ID19194443
Comments	There are contrasting values for human glia/neuron ratios. For ratio of 1 (as opposed to 9 above) see BNID 106399
Entered by	Uri M
ID	106400