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Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

Alzheimer’s disease has long looked like a slow-motion wildfire, starting in one part of the brain and then advancing along mysterious routes. A new cellular finding now offers a concrete explanation ...