In a study of brain cells from mice and humans, researchers found that star-shaped cells called astrocytes rhythmically produce a chemical pulse that helps the brain's master clock keep time ...

Repeated brain injury resulted in SOD1-ALS mice showing greater weight loss, an earlier tremor in the hind limbs, and ...

In 1876, Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer identified what he believed to be a single type of star-shaped cell in liver tissue. Now, immunologist Martin Guilliams from Ghent University and the VIB ...

he noticed a rare cell type that on first glance resembled a macrophage. Unlike macrophages, however, these star-shaped cells lacked lysosomal compartments and were "sending out processes and probing ...

He turned instead to astrocytes, star-shaped cells in the central nervous system which are involved in providing nutrients and repair for nerve tissues, and regulating synaptic transmission and ...

Her hypothesis is based on preliminary studies which showed that CRES is found in astrocytes (star-shaped cells in the central nervous system) and specific populations of neurons, both of which ...