The researchers used the AstroLight tool to label and manipulate astrocytes ... assumptions regarding the organization of these cells. Although astrocytes were traditionally viewed as a ...

Astrocytes are the major glial cell in the central nervous system ... Arteries and arterioles were labeled with AlexaFluor633 hydrazide (magenta), which labels elastin molecules in the vascular smooth ...

Astrocytes make up nearly half of the total number of brain cells, providing structural, metabolic and tropic support for neurons, but they were considered to play no active part in stem cell ...