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Key roles for astrocytes

… Key roles for astrocytes Discoveries Neurons do not work alone. Instead, … Picower Institute’s 20 years about how glial cells called astrocytes contribute to doing the computational work of the … in 2008, the lab discovered that in the visual cortex astrocytes, like neurons, respond to visual stimuli, with …

BRAIN grant will fund new tools to study astrocytes

August 27, 2019
… BRAIN grant will fund new tools to study astrocytes August 27, 2019 New Research Sur lab will lead … CRISPR, optogenetic innovations visual cortex motor cortex astrocytes astrocyte CRISPR/Cas9 In the brain, cells called astrocytes are at least as abundant as neurons, but are much …

Study finds key role for non-neural brain cells in processing vision

July 22, 2025
… a novel application of tools and analysis to show that astrocytes ensure neural information processing by … ambient levels of the neurotransmitter chemical GABA. astrocytes visual cortex GABA CRISPR/Cas9 … a novel application of tools and analysis to show that astrocytes ensure neural information processing by …
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