Plastic circuits: in vivo imaging of astrocyte-neuron interactions in the mouse brain KU Leuven
Laboratory of Glia Biology (VIB-KUÂ Leuven), Laboratory for the Research of Neurodegenerative Diseases (VIB-KUÂ Leuven)
Brain consists of two major cells types – glia and neurons. Glia function has often been overlooked in favor of neurons, which have traditionally been regarded as the computational units of the brain. However, there is increasing evidence that glia are essential at all brain levels – even for those functions that were previously ascribed to neurons, such as synapse formation, stabilization and maintenance. They also support neurons with ...