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Astrocyte cells critical for learning skilled movements

March 10, 2023
… new study in mice shows. motor cortex astrocytes astrocyte calcium imaging multiphoton microscopy … the motor cortex,” Delepine said. Above: Imaging based on calcium levels in astrocytes demonstrates the effect of the …

Key roles for astrocytes

… waste clearance, and regulation of the ions such as calcium that help them build up or disperse electric charge. … step with their neighboring neurons. Furthermore, blocking calcium signals in astrocytes, without affecting neurons, … or blood oxygenation signals that lie at the core of brain imaging methods such as functional magnetic resonance imaging …

Young Picower scientists present projects at ‘SfN’

November 12, 2021
… to ourselves?” Above: Wilson lab postdoc Wei Guo, employed calcium imaging of neural activity to show that over the course of … postdoc Jie Zhang debuted a new camera that enables vivid imaging of electrical activity in neurons. Even if remotely, …
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