Their findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, unveiled the existence of astrocytic ensembles, specialized astrocyte subsets that appear to be active during reward-driven behaviors.

Star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes are finally getting their chance to shine. Two groups of researchers — one at MIT, the other at Harvard — have shown that astrocytes get the blood ...

To enjoy the scent of morning coffee and freshly baked cookies or to perceive the warning smell of something burning, the brain needs two types of cells, neurons and astrocytes, to work closely with ...

“If we go back to the early 1900s, this is when the idea was first proposed that memories are physically stored in some location within ... investigated the role astrocytes, non-neuron brain ...

"While astrocytes modulate the neuronal excitatory/inhibitory (E/I) balance that could directly affect social behaviors, efforts to understand the biological basis of mouse dominance behavior have ...

A new paper, published November 6 in Nature, examines the role played by cells called astrocytes—named for their distinctive star-shaped form—in the way that mice process and store memories.

This calming effect occurs thanks to a newly discovered brain circuit involving a lesser-known type of brain cell, the astrocyte. According to new research from UC San Francisco, astrocytes tune into ...

Uncovering the conversation The new work builds on the previous research from 2019, also led by the Ahrens Lab, which uncovered the role of radial astrocytes in the "giving up" behavior. That ...

It also calls for greater focus on astrocytes as therapeutic targets in the treatment of attention, memory and emotional disorders. “Textbooks tell us that neuromodulators like norepinephrine ...

The brain also contains billions of astrocytes - star-shaped cells with many long extensions that allow them to interact with millions of neurons. Although they have long been thought to be mainly ...