3 These findings suggest that targeted DLX2 expression may one day help patients regenerate brain tissue. Zhang studies astrocytes because they are the most common glial cell in the brain and because ...

Researchers have discovered that astrocytes play an important role in regulating stress responses in the lateral septum in the brain. It is expected to provide new clues for mental health treatments.

Brain support cells called astrocytes have long been found around glioblastomas, leading scientists to think that the cells rally to help fight the tumors, but recent studies have found that the cells ...

As a result, the unique functions of other brain cell types are less understood and have often been entirely overlooked. "It is known that astrocytes are a heterogeneous cell type in their ...