Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have unraveled the processes that give astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell in the brain, their special bushy shape, which is fundamental for brain ...

Scientists have engineered a nanowire platform that mimics brain tissue to study astrocytes, the star-shaped cells critical for brain health, for the first time in their natural state. Astrocytes are ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have unraveled the processes that give astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell in the brain, their special bushy shape, which is fundamental for brain ...

People with depression have a distinguishing feature in their brains, according to a new study. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveal that astrocytes, the most abundant cells in the brain, play a direct role in the regulation of neuronal circuits involved in learning and memory. The ...

Astrocytes have been implicated in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, but these beautiful, star-shaped cells are notoriously difficult to study. Animal models are little help, because ...

Astrocytes, the so-called helper cells of the brain, permeate the entire central nervous system. How similar are these cells to one another? Not very, according to a new transcriptomic analysis.

There are times in an organism’s development when parts of the forming nervous system are particularly sensitive to changing inputs. Disrupting these critical periods can have lifelong effects on ...

Researchers report that neuronal activity is necessary and sufficient for astrocytes to develop their complex shape, and interrupting this developmental process results in disrupted brain function.