In mouse brains, star-shaped astrocytes form flexible networks that may offer another way for brain regions to communicate.
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The Alzheimer’s protein Sox9 works by waking up astrocytes and activating a receptor called MEGF10 that eats amyloid plaques
For decades, Alzheimer’s research has centered on neurons, the brain cells that die as the disease progresses, and on the ...
Scientists have discovered a way to activate a built-in brain cleanup system that may help counter Alzheimer’s disease. By ...
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a built in process that can remove existing amyloid plaques from the ...
A Nature Neuroscience study shows that activating the protein Sox9 in astrocytes prompts these brain support cells to engulf and remove amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s mouse models, restoring normal ...
Researchers discovered that suppressing BMP signaling in astrocytes reduces seizures and restores brain balance in Fragile X syndrome models.
Brain cells named for stars are finally getting their time to shine. Three distinct studies, published May 15 in Science, show that astrocytes, once thought of as support cells, powerfully shape how ...
Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, a new study in mice showed. These pathways appear to connect distant regions in ways that have ...
Past neuroscience studies found that when the central nervous system (CNS) is damaged, for instance following a stroke or spinal cord injuries, the lesions become surrounded by borders of newly ...
Discovery that astrocyte networks shrink and reroute after a loss of sensory signals suggests they may be shaped by experience.
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