Zhang studies astrocytes because they are the most common glial cell in the brain and because they are neurons’ next of kin. “During development, neural stem cells generate neurons first and later go ...

Glial cells come in many forms, but three major types are currently recognized: astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and microglia. The first are primarily involved in creating the blood-brain barrier and ...

A new study in Engineering explores the role of astrocytic G protein-coupled receptors in drug addiction. It shows that these ...

A potential cause-and-effect relationship implicating astrocytes in the neurotoxicity observed in HD was noted following the observation in a neuron–glial co-culture that wild-type glial cells ...

Traumatic brain injury, stroke, and degenerative diseases elicit complex pathogenic cascades involving glial cells such as astrocytes, microglia, and ...

Astrocytes are the largest and most prevalent type of glial cell in the central nervous system. Astrocytes contribute to formation of the blood–brain barrier, participate in the maintenance of ...

"It is known that astrocytes are a heterogeneous cell type ... insights into the specialized role of this unique class of glial cells in motivation and cue-driven behaviors.

These include neurons and a more abundant group of cells called glial cells—astrocytes, microglia, and oligodendrocytes. Although glial cells are not the fundamental units of the nervous system ...

Erythropoietin-producing hepatoma (Eph) receptors, including EphA4, are expressed on the cell surface and involved in brain development, which involves extensive pruning of synapses. A variant in ...

astrocytes, microglia, neurons and complex 3D organoid cultures with the full compendium of glia and neuronal cells. Investigating the crosstalk between neurons and glia has allowed Dr. Fossati’s lab ...