Astrocytes transport the vast majority of extracellular glutamate (especially neurotransmitter ... neurons and converted to pyruvate for energy metabolism. [1] Astrocytes have an important role ...

A research team at the University of Barcelona's Institute of Neurosciences (UBneuro) has discovered new molecular mechanisms ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have identified a protein that appears to act as a master control switch for ...

Astrocytes are star shaped cells that make up around 35% of human brain cells. They were once thought of as cells that simply supported neurons... | Cell And Molecular Biology ...

Our study investigated the role of astrocytes, an abundant cell type in the brain, in regulating an immune response against ...

lipid metabolism, and as salient observation the upregulation of Pde10a. Our data suggest two possibilities: either APOE from the astrocytes acts directly on amyloid plaque formation and then ...

Most of the enzymes involved in metabolism of the amino acids of the glutamate family in plants have been identified or can be predicted according to similarity with animal or microbial homologues.

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