Bringing astrocytes into the spotlight of electrical brain stimulation
Miguel Aroso,
Domingos Castro,
Sara Costa Silva
et al.
Abstract:Astrocytes, primarily viewed only as supportive units, are now emerging as active players in the information processing of the brain. Accumulated evidence supports that the bidirectional communication between astrocytes and neurons maintains complex animal behaviours such as memory formation and decision-making. The lack of characterisation of astrocytic electrophysiology is, in our opinion, associated with the early idea of a passive electrical nature of astrocytes, in opposition to the electrically active ne… Show more
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