Astrocytes: The Unsung Heroes of Learning and Memory - Neuroscience News
Lorenzo Squadranineurosciencenews.com
Astrocytes: The Unsung Heroes of Learning and Memory - Neuroscience News
Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn are using a biophysical model to clarify how astrocytes interact with nerve cells to regulate rapid adaptation to new information.
Lorenzo Squadrani • Astrocytes: The Unsung Heroes of Learning and Memory - Neuroscience News
This goes along with the suggestion from that Glutamate & MDD lecture I love on YouTube given to psychiatry med students where the lecturer/professor claims that glial cells are the real stars in much of the processes that are major areas of study right now in mental illness.
Astrocytes regulate synaptic plasticity, which is essential for learning and memory. Their dysfunction can lead to significant cognitive decline.
Also, the researchers referring to themselves as Computational Neuroscientists—just a heads up!