Astrocytes and synaptic plasticity

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 05:14 in Health & Medicine

By mopping up excess neurotrophic factor from neuronal synapses, astrocytes may finely tune synaptic transmission to affect processes such as learning and memory, say Bergami et al.

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