Astrocytes are a specialized class of glial cells highly abundant in the central nervous system (CNS) of humans and other animal species. Past neuroscience research has shown that after infections, ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have unraveled the processes that give astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell in the brain, their special bushy shape, which is fundamental for brain ...

Summary: Researchers compiled emerging evidence to prove that astrocytes, traditionally dismissed as passive, structural ...

Some memories remain with us for years, shaping how we learn from experience and adapt to the world around us. Others ...

When astrocyte function is disrupted, neurons in the brain's motor cortex struggle to execute and refine motion, a new study in mice shows. From steering a car to swinging a tennis racket, we learn to ...

Researchers have uncovered novel aspects of astrocyte function in olfactory, or smell, perception revealing changes in their gene expression patterns that turn these brain cells into a hub of ...

GROTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals Inc., a private drug discovery and development company advancing novel cerebroprotective therapeutics for patients with brain injuries, today ...

Imagine the brain as the night sky—an expansive sea of tissue dotted with cells of all shapes and sizes. Perhaps the most well known are the filamentous neurons that intertwine with their neighbors to ...

Astrocytes have been implicated in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, but these beautiful, star-shaped cells are notoriously difficult to study. Animal models are little help, because ...

GROTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals Inc., a drug discovery and development company advancing novel cerebroprotective therapeutics for patients with brain injuries, announced that ...