Most neuroscience research carried out up to date has primarily focused on neurons, the most renowned type of cell in the ...

Relatively unknown brain cells—"astrocytes"—are believed to play an important role. At the Uppsala Biomedical Center, lab ...

Future directions might also include modalities to examine astrocyte function in vivo. In vivo imaging of astrocyte–astrocyte communication (e.g. calcium waves) has already been carried out in ...

We will begin by highlighting a subset of the many cellular functions of astrocytes, focusing specifically on those functions that have the most relevance to neurodegeneration (Figure 1).

Like neurons, astrocyte processes are decorated with receptors and transporters for numerous neurotransmitters, allowing astrocytes to sense and regulate multiple aspects of brain function. Unlike ...

Astrocytes play a crucial role in mediating surgery-induced anxiety in mice through modulating GABAergic signaling in the ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. Led by postdoctoral researcher Benjamin Clayton, Tesar’s team built and validated their new discovery platform with sequencing and cellular technologies, examining ...

Our lab is interested in the cellular and molecular mechanisms that define and regulate the diversity of astrocyte function in the intact and injured or diseased CNS. We use mouse genetics to ...