Stimulating astrocytes to remember

• Ana Covelo Fernández ^[1] ; Alfonso Araque Almendros ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Minnesota

     University of Minnesota

     City of Minneapolis, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Cell, ISSN 0092-8674, Vol. 174, Nº. 1, 2018, págs. 12-13
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Adamsky et al. show that stimulation of astrocytes potentiates synaptic transmission and enhances behavioral performance in memory tasks. These results demonstrate that astrocytes are actively involved in synaptic physiology and brain function and lend further support to the idea that animal behavior results from the coordinated activity of neurons and astrocytes.