Faulty brain circuits repaired using nanotechnology: Possible new drug targets for dementia and intellectual disability
Date | 30th, Jul 2019 |
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Source | ScienceDaily - General News Websites |
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Working with mouse and human tissue, researchers report new evidence that a protein pumped out of some -- but not all -- populations of 'helper' cells in the brain, called astrocytes, plays a specific role in directing the formation of connections among neurons needed for learning and forming new memories.