Why is it important to know the proportion of microglia in astroglial cultures and to keep this proportion as low as possible? First, because astrocytes and microglia are very different types of ...

Neurons need non-electrical brain cells known as astrocytes to establish synaptic memory ... this process involves only the activity of the neurons themselves, and bring glial cells onto the center ...

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 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 ...

"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.

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 ...

Astrocytes are star-shaped glial cells that play an essential role in supporting neurons. They regulate the brain environment by maintaining the balance of ions and neurotransmitters, while also ...

We are broadly interested in the question of how interactions between cells within the brain (particularly between astrocytes and neurons) influence physiology and behavior. Astrocytes are the major ...

Moving towards function, our recent endeavors focused on decoding the cellular and functional diversity of astrocytes in the adult brain. In both cases, we made fundamental observations about the ...