Researchers have discovered a natural mechanism that clears existing amyloid plaques in the brain and preserves cognitive ...

Researchers discovered that raising the protein Sox9 can help the brain’s astrocytes clear out toxic plaque buildup linked to ...

Researchers have discovered that increasing a protein called Sox9 can help the brain’s support cells, astrocytes, remove ...

Scientists have discovered that the brain may have a built-in way to fight Alzheimer’s.

Baylor researchers show boosting Sox9 in astrocytes clears amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s mice, preserving cognition and ...

Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

Research in mouse models suggest that astrocytes, a type of cell usually characterized as the brain’s support system, may play an important role in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)-related ...

A new study found that cannabis affects brain development by interacting with CB1 receptors on astrocytes. The findings indicate that disrupting CB1 receptor activity during development, such as via ...

Researchers discovered that raising the protein Sox9 can help the brain's astrocytes clear out toxic plaque buildup linked to Alzheimer's. In mouse models that already showed memory problems, ...