Sentences with phrase «of brain cell called an astrocyte»

NEW ROLE A kind of brain cell called an astrocyte (shown) may help nerve cells in the hippocampus form traumatic memories, a study in rats suggests.

Her research group is studying HIV persistence in a very important type of brain cells called astrocytes.

After a large meal, fat cells churn out an appetite suppressant called leptin, which hits the brain's neurons and tickles other kinds of brain cells called astrocytes.

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Biologist Ann Cornell - Bell of Viatech Imaging in Ivoryton, Connecticut, put on display star - shaped cells, called astrocytes, from the rat hippocampus, a brain region associated with long - term memory.

The blood - brain barrier is a layer of tightly packed endothelial cells and connective cells called astrocytes that strictly regulates the flow of chemicals in and out of the brain.

Here, they release IL - 4, which both switches off the stress response and tells brain cells called astrocytes to release brain - derived neurotrophic factor, a protein that enhances learning (Journal of Experimental Medicine, vol 207, p 1067).

The mice benefited from human stem cells called glial progenitors, immature cells poised to become astrocytes and other glia cells, the supposed support cells of the brain.

Star - shaped brain cells called astrocytes, usually dismissed as support cells for the attention - grabbing neurons, now seem to control the growth of new neurons in adult brains.

The findings, published in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry, are the first to demonstrate that supporting brain cells, called astrocytes, may play a role in some subtypes of ASD.

The Brain Trauma Indicator measures blood plasma levels of the UCH - L1, a protein scientists believe helps dispose of cellular waste in the brain, and GFAP, a structural protein found in non-neuronal cells called astrocBrain Trauma Indicator measures blood plasma levels of the UCH - L1, a protein scientists believe helps dispose of cellular waste in the brain, and GFAP, a structural protein found in non-neuronal cells called astrocbrain, and GFAP, a structural protein found in non-neuronal cells called astrocytes.

On the surface of our numerous star - shaped brain cells called astrocytes, they have found the molecule LRP4 is important in ensuring healthy levels of a brain chemical that enables learning and memory, said Dr. Lin Mei, chairman of the Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Neuroscience.

Astrocytes are the most common of a type of brain cell called glial cells.

Further experiments in human brain cells called astrocytes, which are targeted by CMV, revealed a 100-fold decrease in the amount of virus present when they were treated with valnoctamide (Journal of Neuroscience, DOI: 10.1523 / jneurosci.0970 - 17.2017).

ERC Starting Grant Dr. Cristina García - CáceresIn the funded project Dr. Cristina García - Cáceres and her team are investigating how brain cells called astrocytes cooperate with neurons in the control of systemic metabolism in response to hormones and nutrients.

The study specifically targets two different types of brain cells, called microglia and astrocytes, that work to keep the immune system in check and clear out old and damaged cells, preventing disease.