This review considers the role that optic nerve head astrocytes might play in the initiation of axon damage, based on the hypothesis that these cells are sensitive to mechanical or ischaemic ...

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However, the same astrocytes can also do damage themselves, becoming toxic if they're overwhelmed by amyloid beta clumps or the cleaning process is disrupted. That mix of good and bad was the ...

“We used a bioinformatic tool called pseudotime analysis and we could see that the astrocytes first become progenitor cells, progenitor cells become neuroblasts, then immature neurons, and then a ...

offering hope that latent neurogenic abilities could be unlocked in other astrocytes, contributing to neural repair and ...