Zhang studies astrocytes because they are the most common glial cell in the brain and because they are neurons’ next of kin. “During development, neural stem cells generate neurons first and later go ...

Astrocytes, star-shape glial cells in the brain, were once simply considered support cells for neurons. However, neuroscientists have recently realized they have many other functions: studies have ...

"It is known that astrocytes are a heterogeneous cell type ... insights into the specialized role of this unique class of glial cells in motivation and cue-driven behaviors.

Click here for file. A) Phase contrast image of a confluent murine primary cortical mixed glial culture. A monolayer of type-I astrocytes is observed with some refringent microglia-looking cells.

Glial cells come in many forms, but three major types are currently recognized: astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and microglia. The first are primarily involved in creating the blood-brain barrier and ...

Astrocytes are the major glial cell in the central nervous system. These polarized cells elaborate numerous processes that ensheath the vasculature and contact synapses. Astrocytes play important ...

These include neurons and a more abundant group of cells called glial cells—astrocytes, microglia, and oligodendrocytes. Although glial cells are not the fundamental units of the nervous system ...

Astrocytes are the largest and most prevalent type of glial cell in the central nervous system. Astrocytes contribute to formation of the blood–brain barrier, participate in the maintenance of ...

Glial manipulation interferes with the long-term consolidation of fear memories. By artificially manipulating the state of astrocytes, it may become possible to prevent the long-term consolidation ...

A potential cause-and-effect relationship implicating astrocytes in the neurotoxicity observed in HD was noted following the observation in a neuron–glial co-culture that wild-type glial cells ...

Neuron 2012). Additional developmental studies in this area revealed that NFIA and Sox10 mutually antagonize each other’s function and this regulates the generation of the glial sub-lineages, with ...