The studies in the journal Science have backed up the increasing body of research work showing that astrocytes are much more ...

An often-ignored type of cell in the brain plays a dynamic and surprisingly complex role in our ability to process information, according to new research.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have upended decades-old dogma of how connections between brain cells are rearranged during states of heightened vigilance or ...

Once thought to play a supporting function in the brain, new research published in Science shows non-neuronal astroglial ...

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 are recognized as key regulators of neuroimmune interactions, significantly contributing to both the development ...

Astrocytes shed their supportive role ... with specific antibodies used to label and sort different cell populations. A miniaturized scNMT-seq protocol was employed to profile the transcriptome ...

Kruyer has focused on another cell called an astrocyte. Astrocytes have many functions, including metabolic support for neurons, providing molecules that neurons turn into neurotransmitters ...