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Change in the brain: Astrocytes finally getting the recognition they deserve

April 25, 2016 by

Astrocytes help control the strength of connections between neurons, new research shows. The study used cultured cells and brain slices to show that astrocytes in the hippocampus regulate changes in the brain brought on by neural activity.

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