published in iScience02635-X), reveals that cannabinoid receptors located on astrocytes are essential for the brain’s ability to adapt and change early in life, a process known as plasticity.

Zhang next combined single cell sequencing with lineage tracing to molecularly characterize all of the converted astrocytes’ progeny and illuminate the reprogramming process. “We used a bioinformatic ...

Although the scientific community has long focused on the role of astrocytes in removing toxic proteins around neurons, the ...