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Since astrocytes have many processes and can link up with many different synapses, they may dramatically increase the storage capacity of the brain while also keeping it very efficient. However, more ...

Astrocytes are star shaped cells that make up around 35% of human brain cells. They were once thought of as cells that simply supported neurons in the central nervous system (CNS). But in recent years ...

Astrocytes, otherwise known as star cells due to their shape, play various roles in the brain, and many are focused on the health and activity of their neighboring neurons.

Astrocyte cells–not just neurons–could be key in processing memories. By Tom Hawking Published Nov 6, 2024 11:00 AM EST ...

Employing plant tissue culture can dramatically improve crops in agricultural and commercial settings. 4 Recent advancements in the agricultural genomics (agrigenomics) sector, a cutting-edge ...

They isolated ordinary astrocytes and brain stem cells from the ventricular-subventricular zone (vSVZ), a region of adult mice brains with young neurons. They analyzed gene expression data as well ...

While the proliferation of reactive astrocytes around damaged CNS tissue is well-documented, the unique features of these cells and their contributions to wound repair have not yet been uncovered.

We first developed a blood-brain barrier-in-a-CUBE by layering astrocytes, pericytes, and brain microvascular endothelial cells in the CUBE and confirmed the expression and function of important ...

To construct the blood-brain barrier model, the research team led by Masaya Hagiwara, PhD, at RIKEN BDR, created 5-mm CUBE frames, filled them with hydrogel embedded with astrocytes and pericytes ...

Olfactory stimulation triggered an increase of serotonin transporter Slc22a3 on the astrocytes, which mediated serotonin transport into the cells. “We followed serotonin inside the astrocytes and were ...