What Are Astrocytes?

You know about neurons. They’re the superstars. But have you heard about its crew? In this episode of Neuro Transmissions, we’re embarking on a mini series about the brain’s entourage - glia! This episode highlights Alie’s favorite cell type, the astrocyte. These starry cells are a lot cooler than they seem at first glance. Interested? Then check out dat astrocyte. Sources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27381164 - Alie wrote this one! Send us an email if you'd like to read it yourself! http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature11059 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v457/n7230/full/457675a.html http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.030 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18594557 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrombospondin http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26771491 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22722203 Nicola Allen’s Lab - http://www.salk.edu/scientist/nicola-allen/ Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/neurotransmissions BIG thanks to the following folks for supporting us on Patreon: Linda Schubert Ilsa Jerome Memming Park Sai Vemula Neuro Transmissions is a channel on a mission to bring neuroscience to everyone. It's not rocket surgery, it's brain science! Learn all sorts of fun and interesting things with Alie Astrocyte every other Sunday by subscribing to the channel. Have a topic you want covered? Let us know in the comments. Share, like, and subscribe for more videos to come! Over and out. Neuro Transmissions is on the other social medias too: https://www.facebook.com/neurotransmissions https://www.twitter.com/neuroyoutube https://www.instagram.com/neurotransmissions https://www.neurotransmissions.science Vector graphics from freepik.com Brain images from Motifolio drawing toolkits (www.motifolio.com) Pictures were used for educational purposes and fall under fair use. They may be found at the following sites: http://pfrieger.gmxhome.de/work/people/pfrieger-cv.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrocyte http://www.salk.edu/news-release/salk-institute-scientist-nicola-allen-named-pew-scholar/ http://www.deviantart.com/tag/alberteinstein “In The Mist” Produced by Trackmanbeatz: www.trackmanbeatz.com The work by Trackmanbeatz is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... All other content is original and/or owned by Neuro Transmissions.