Scientists already know that astrocytes divide rapidly after a stroke and accumulate around the infarct area. "We have been able to show, that oligodentrocyte precursor cells also divide in the ...

A research team has identified different subtypes of white matter (WM) astrocytes, including a unique type with the ability ...

Most neuroscience research carried out up to date has primarily focused on neurons, the most renowned type of cell in the human brain. As a result, the unique functions of other brain cell types are ...

Astrocytes connect and support communication ... possibly explaining why some patients have memory loss after a short stroke.

In human stroke, ischemia resulted in strong and sustained expression of ORP150 in astrocytes. Although ORP150 expression was transiently enhanced in neurons in the ischemic core (acute phase ...

Brain support cells called astrocytes have long been found around glioblastomas, leading scientists to think that the cells rally to help fight the tumors, but recent studies have found that the cells ...