Sentences with phrase «shaped brain 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.
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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.
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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.