Astrocytes make up nearly half of the total number of brain cells, providing structural, metabolic and tropic support for neurons, but they were considered to play no active part in stem cell ...

Researchers at Tohoku University examined the change in brain energy dynamics from induced seizures - which could potentially ...

This important study aims to understand the role of endothelial cell differentiation into pericytes in the restoration of blood-brain barrier function after ischemic stroke. Identification of ...

Most neuroscience research carried out up to date has primarily focused on neurons, the most renowned type of cell ... of astrocytes, a class of star-shaped glial cells found in the brain and ...