Open AccessStar Power: Astrocytes Regulate Behavior
Author(s) -
Nicola J. Allen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2019.04.042
Subject(s) - biology , star (game theory) , power (physics) , microbiology and biotechnology , neuroscience , astrophysics , quantum mechanics , physics
Are neurons solely responsible for determining behavioral output, or can other brain cells modulate behavior? In this issue of Cell, Nagai et al. demonstrate that striatal astrocytes, through GABA B receptor signaling, regulate behaviors including hyperactivity and attention by inducing new synapse formation between neurons.
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