The researchers show that during learning events, such as fear conditioning, a subset of astrocytes in the brain expresses the c-Fos gene. Astrocytes expressing c-Fos subsequently regulate circuit ...

“[Astrocytes] were long viewed as a monolithic support cell in the brain,” says Deneen. However, he continues, “our knowledge of astrocytes has undergone a renaissance over the past 20 ...

The parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which has infected an estimated one in four Americans and even larger numbers worldwide, forms astrocyte in the brain. The parasite can alter important functions ...

For example, increased astrocyte activity can be seen in the brain before Alzheimer's patients are diagnosed. Reactivity can also become dangerously high in a person affected by a head injury.

Their findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, show that astrocytes and PPNs cooperate to maintain synaptic homeostasis in ...

What Is a Brain Tumor? A brain tumor (also called an ... This tumor type can start in several types of cells, including your astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. These tend to grow very fast and ...

A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it thanks to electronic brain implants, a medical first he says has changed his life. Gert-Jan Oskam, a 40-year-old Dutch man ...

Brain stimulation therapies use electrical currents to alter the brain’s activity. They can treat conditions such as major depression and substance misuse disorder. However, side effects such as ...

The Whip-Poor-Will’s shrill, death-proclaiming song populates the works of Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft. But the bird itself has fallen on hard times. Could it become a ghost of Halloweens past?