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… and refine motion, a new study in mice shows. motor cortex astrocytes astrocyte calcium imaging multiphoton microscopy … MIT shows the essential role of another brain cell type: astrocytes. Just as teams of elite athletes train alongside … of neurons in the brain’s motor cortex depend on nearby astrocytes to help them learn to encode when and how to move, …

… and an equal number of non-neuronal cells, especially astrocytes. Formerly considered support cells for neurons, … findings are transforming our understanding of the role of astrocytes - not only in development and disease but as …

… major cell types: neurons, microglia, oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, pericytes and endothelial cells. The work began … at post-mortem brains or by working with a culture of astrocytes alone. Indeed, when the team cultured just APOE4 astrocytes, they found that the cells did not exhibit the …

… kinds of brain cells: neurons, microglia immune cells, and astrocytes. They edited some of the cells with CRISPR to make … including a big jump in cholesterol secretion by APOE4 astrocytes. Editing APOE4 cells to become APOE3 carriers … the problems, including the excess cholesterol in astrocytes. In several more studies over the next few years, …