Astrocytes play a key role in shaping neural circuits, says study published in Nature. "This was an entirely unknown function of astrocytes," said Ben Barres, MD, PhD, professor and chair of neurobiology and the study's senior author. The lead author was Won-Suk Chung, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in Barres' lab. More than one-third of all the cells in the human brain are astrocytes. But until quite recently, their role in the brain has remained obscure. The ...
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