If signals can travel extensively through astrocyte circuits, then glia at one site could activate distant glia to coordinate the firing of neural networks across regions of the brain.

• 如果讯号可以全面传送到整个星状细胞线路，那麽在某一处的神经胶细胞，就可以活化远处的神经胶细胞，进而协调不同脑区中神经网路的活动了。