Astrocyte activity precedes the onset of epileptic neuronal hyperactivity episodes. (A) With cytosolic calcium ion increase, excitatory actions from astrocytes to neurons are likely to be initiated.

A collaborative French–Swiss study reveals a previously unknown role for astrocytes in the brain's information processing. Published in the journal Cell, the research shows that these glial cells are ...

Figure | Working principle of HyFMRI and in vivo experimental results. a, schematic drawing of the hybrid multiplexed fluorescence and magnetic resonance imaging (HyFMRI) platform for measuring ...

A single treatment of viral vector-delivered CAR-A construct in mice with existing plaque saturation cut the amount of amyloid plaques in half.

Researchers engineer CAR-astrocytes to target and remove amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s, showing a 50% reduction in brain ...

Epilepsy, where patients suffer from unexpected seizures, affects roughly 1% of the population. These seizures often involve repetitive and excessive neuronal firing, with the trigger behind this ...

When epileptic patients suffer seizures, their brain is undergoing repetitive and excessive neuronal firing. But what triggers this has stumped scientists for years. Now, researchers have used ...