Tohoku University's study reveals that manipulating astrocytes in mice's brains impacts memory retention. Acidifying ...

The tagging system lit up all astrocytes that expressed the c-Fos gene in response to fear conditioning. Williamson’s team ...

Manipulating important non-neuronal brain cells called astrocytes using light prevented fear memories from being retained ...

Astrocytes, critical brain cells, are often lost in neurodegenerative diseases, but recent research highlights the promise of ...

Researchers from Tohoku University have discovered that part of the memory selection process depends on the function of ...

A new paper, published November 6 in Nature, examines the role played by cells called astrocytes—named for their distinctive star-shaped form—in the way that mice process and store memories.

The Baylor team expanded this theory by showing that non-neuronal cell types in the brain called astrocytes – star-shaped cells – also store memories and work in concert with groups of neurons called ...

Astrocytes trigger memory recall The researchers began by developing a completely new set of laboratory tools to identify and ...

The team found that astrocytes activated by learning events have elevated levels of the NFIA protein, and preventing NFIA production in these astrocytes suppresses memory recall. Importantly, this ...

Neurologists have now expanded this theory by showing that non-neuronal cell types in the brain called astrocytes -- star-shaped cells -- also store memories and work in concert with groups of ...

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 ...