Astrocytes, long thought to mainly support neurons, play an active role in memory storage and recall. Activating memory-linked astrocytes in mice triggered recall, suggesting astrocytes can ...

(E), Percentage of active arborizations vs. percent of somas active. (F), Percentage of domains active vs. percent of somas active. Mean ± SEM. Pearson correlation. (A), Astrocyte and ROIs. Scale bar ...

Importantly, this suppression is memory specific. “When we deleted the NFIA gene in astrocytes that were active during a learning event, the animals were not able to recall the specific memory ...

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 ...

Summary: Astrocytes, critical brain cells, are often lost in neurodegenerative diseases, but recent research highlights the promise of astrocyte transplantation to restore brain function. These ...

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(Rick Broida/Yahoo News) The hot headphone feature of the 21st century is active noise-cancelling, otherwise known as ANC. Flip a switch and the earpieces magically reduce outside sounds ...

It is reasonable to expect assets to migrate from traditional active equity mutual funds to stock-picking ETFs. After all, passive equity investors have been opting for ETFs for years. Stock-index ...