Long overlooked and underestimated, glial cells—non-neuronal cells that support, protect and communicate with neurons—are ...

A collaborative research team has successfully developed a novel fluorescent probe, SLY (Sialyl Lewis Yellow), capable of ...

University of South Alabama researchers report that neurons can transfer mitochondria directly to cancer cells, enhancing ...

The man who inspired the multiple award-winning movie“Jerry Maguire” meets the pioneering stem cell scientist who is ...

Astrocytes are star shaped cells that make up around 35% of human brain cells. They were once thought of as cells that simply supported neurons in the central nervous system (CNS). But in recent years ...

Researchers at WashU Medicine have shown in mice that brain cells known as astrocytes are required for a signaling chemical called norepinephrine to modify brain activity, changing the textbook ...

Astrocytes, the most abundant brain cells, play crucial roles beyond mere support for neurons. Despite their significance, understanding them remains challenging due to imaging and analysis ...

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.

They isolated ordinary astrocytes and brain stem cells from the ventricular-subventricular zone (vSVZ), a region of adult mice brains with young neurons. They analyzed gene expression data as well ...

As a result, astrocytes with the typical stem cell methylation profile could be detected even outside the vSVZ, as well as an increased number of nerve progenitor cells.

Aging is a complex biological process that also takes place in the brain. Researchers have discovered that the gene activity changes in different cell types in the brain. A certain type of neuron is ...