Scientists mapped hidden DNA switches in brain support cells to understand how gene control may influence Alzheimer’s disease ...

A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to ...

New research shows how CCN1, a protein secreted by astrocytes, is critical for stabilizing neural circuits in adulthood.

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered a healing mechanism that could one day be harnessed to help treat patients with ...

The drug is called NU-9, and a team from Northwestern University in the US tested it on mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveal that astrocytes, the most abundant cells in the brain, play a direct role in the regulation of neuronal circuits involved in learning and memory. The ...

Young minds are easily molded. Each new experience rewires a child's brain circuitry, adding and removing synaptic ...

Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have unraveled the processes that give astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell in the brain, their special bushy shape, which is fundamental for brain ...