[Contractile activity and intravital fluctuations in the dry weight of glial cells in monolayer cultures].

Vital fluctuations of cell body sizes and of the amount of cytoplasmic protein were studied in the cultured glial cells obtained after dissociation of nervous tissue. Isolated glial cells restore their ability of contractile activity and unidirectional fluctuations of dry weight. After the glial cells are aggregated they retain contractile activity.