Astrocytes And Synaptic Plasticity

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 08:35 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.

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