Major depressive disorder affects hundreds of millions worldwide, but a key to understanding its origins may lie in the brain ...

Furthermore, they discovered a critical mechanism involving activated microglia and astrocytes that resulted in sustained neuroinflammation in MDD. The first step of the mechanism was the release ...

Within astrocytes, a significant role for neuroligin 2 in determining excitatory synapse formation and astrocyte morphology was shown in 2017. However, there has been no assessment of what happens to ...

With compelling evidence, including rigorous validation of neuroligin deletion efficiency in astrocytes and independent confirmation using human neuron-mouse glia co-cultures, the authors report that ...

Movement Mobilizes Microglia, Astrocytes to Protect Against Alzheimer’s in snRNA-seq Mice Study June 13, 2025 Credit: Alllex ...

The Octopus Analogy: A New Model for Memory Lead researcher Leo Kozachkov compares astrocytes to an octopus: the cell body is the “head,” and its many processes independently sense and affect ...

Jack J. Chen; Anh-Vuong Ly Disclosures Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63 (10):915-928.

Glial cells play an important role in supporting the body's central and peripheral nervous systems. Several types, each with different functions, of glial cells exist. Learn more here.