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Astrocytes: There are two main types of astrocytes. The first of them is known as the fibrous astrocyte. Fibrous astrocytes are astrocytes that are mainly found in the white matter of the nervous system. However, some can be found in the gray matter, such as in the thalamus of people. The second major kind is the protoplasmic astrocyte. Protoplasmic astrocytes are mainly found in the gray matter of the nervous system. Astrocytes have numerous functions. If our central nervous system were a city, then some astrocytes work in the public water department. That's because that department is responsible for ensuring that water gets to its citizens in an appropriate manner through the pipes. Well, the central nervous system has pipes of its own, blood vessels, and the astrocytes help regulate the flow of blood through these vessels.
FEB 15, 2023 | 7:00 AM
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JUL 14, 2022 | 8:00 AM
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In this preliminary experiment, we used spatial transcriptomics to assess the gene expression profiles of microglia or astrocytes in relation to their distance from plaques. We compared 18-m...
JUN 09, 2021 | 7:00 AM
Date: June 9, 2021 Time: 09 June 2021, 7am PDT, 10am EDT, 4pm CEST cells with dramatic implications on the validity of past cell culture related research. The fact that at least 509 cell lin...
APR 20, 2021 | 12:00 AM
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OCT 08, 2020 | 7:00 AM
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AUG 06, 2020 | 10:00 AM
In the adult mammalian hippocampus, neurogenesis (in which new neurons are generated and integrated into the CNS) is believed to underlie learning and memory. Within the hippocampus, numerou...
DEC 04, 2019 | 7:00 AM
DATE: December 4, 2019TIME: 7:00am PST, 10:00am EST, 4:00pm CET Do you know how it feels when you just quickly want to redo an experiment that your colleague did, or an experim...
NOV 18, 2019 | 7:00 AM
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SEP 05, 2019 | 12:00 PM
DATE: September 5, 2019TIME: 12:00pm PDTAstrocytes are a major cell type in the mammalian CNS. They are involved in a number of essential processes such as synapse formation and functio...
JUN 05, 2019 | 5:00 PM
DATE: June 5, 2019TIME: 8:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT, 5:00pm CEST Eukaryotic cell cultures respond to the most subtle influence. Apart from the risk of contamination, minimal chan...
MAY 16, 2019 | 4:00 PM
DATE: May 16, 2019TIME: 7:00am PDT, 10:00am EDT, 4:00pm CEST The emergence of NGS is revolutionizing the microbiological sciences and transforming medicine. Deep sequencing has...
FEB 27, 2019 | 8:00 AM
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DEC 06, 2018 | 9:00 AM
DATE: December 6, 2018TIME: 9:00am PST, 12:00pm EST Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) intended for translational applications need to be of...
APR 17, 2018 | 8:00 AM
DATE: April 17, 2018TIME: 8:00AM PST, 11:00AM ESTRecently, much research has focused on obtaining 3D brain organoids in an attempt to better recapitulate brain development and function...
OCT 11, 2017 | 10:30 AM
Exosomes are nano-scale lipid membrane-enclosed extracellular vesicles that form in the cellular endosomal system but are released outside the cell. These virus-sized “fat balls”...
JUL 01, 2017 | 8:00 AM
In the last years, progress has been made regarding the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into neural stem cells and astrocytes, growing into neurospheres and cerebral organoids...
JUN 08, 2017 | 10:00 AM
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APR 07, 2015 | 8:30 AM
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