Astrocytes — named for their star-like shape — are a type of brain cell as abundant as neurons in the central nervous system, ...

Images produced during the research show the effect of the team’s knockout of the protein Gat3. The left image of an experimental control shows the mouse cortex when the protein was not knocked out, ...

Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out how they contribute to brain functions. A novel study by MIT researchers at ...

Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out how they contribute to brain functions. A novel study by MIT researchers at ...

A new study found that cannabis affects brain development by interacting with CB1 receptors on astrocytes. The findings indicate that disrupting CB1 receptor activity during development, such as via ...

Delivering a connection-building protein to star-shaped cells in the brain could reverse changes to neural circuits seen in ...