Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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While neurons perform under the spotlight, glial cells work behind the scenes to keep the show running.

In this stop-motion pop-up book animation, the brain is reimagined as a theater production. Here, each type of glial cell performs a specialized role within the nervous system: Astrocytes (the stage managers) maintain the brain's environment, oligodendrocytes (the electrical crew) wrap neuronal axons in myelin, and microglia (the theater’s security team) protect the brain from infection.

This is a video from the 2026 Brain Awareness Video Contest.

Created by Jiya Joshi