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·March 11, 2016·4 min read

Rapid Response for Inflammation Control in Bird Brains May Lead to Human Therapies

Understanding how songbirds respond so quickly to trauma and are able to control neuroinflammation may lead to human therapies to hasten stroke recovery, a new study suggests.

Image shows astrocytes in the hippocampus.

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·March 7, 2016·5 min read

Study Reveals Loss of Astrocytes in Hippocampal Areas of Some People With Depression

Researchers discover some people with major depressive disorder are lacking astrocytes in some hippocampal areas.

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·February 29, 2016·4 min read

ALS Astrocyte Neurotoxicity a Result of Loss of MHCI in Motor Neurons

Astrocyte toxicity in ALS may be caused by an explicit loss on MHCI expression in motor neurons, a new study reveals.

This image shows astrocytes in the brain.

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·February 18, 2016·4 min read

A Key Mechanism that Could Improve Brain Function

Astrocytes can be adjusted by neurons in response to injury and disease, a new study reports.

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·February 1, 2016·10 min read

Delivering Genes Across the Blood-Brain Barrier

A new study reports researchers have successfully modified a virus to be able to enter a mouse brain via the bloodstream and deliver genes to central nervous system cells.

Image shows PET scans taken as part of the study.

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·January 27, 2016·5 min read

Inflammatory Changes in the Brain Appear Twenty Years Before Alzheimer’s Onset

A new study reports inflammatory changes in the brain can occur almost twenty years before the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease first appear. Researchers suggest the activation of astrocytes at an early stage can influence the development of the disease.

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·January 13, 2016·4 min read

Inflammation Connected to Elevated Glutamate Could Guide Depression Treatments

A new study reports on which patients may respond best to depression treatments that target glutamate.

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·December 10, 2015·4 min read

How Astrocytes Function in Humans

A new study looks at the role astrocytes play in detecting neuroactivity.

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·November 4, 2015·4 min read

Possible New Function for Protein Associated With Alzheimer’s Disease

A new study reports amyloid beta affects cholinergic signaling.

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·November 4, 2015·3 min read

Creating a Protein Atlas of the Brain

Researchers have quantified an entire set of proteins in the adult mouse brain.

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·October 16, 2015·5 min read

Extra Brain Cells Make Males Remember Sex

Researchers have discovered a pair of neurons inside the brains of male nematodes that allow them to remember and seek sex, even at the expense of food.