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Astrocytes and Longevity Research
Aging brains and the changing glial environment.
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The Nirva Institute•Published 2026•≈ 5 min read
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Aging changes astrocyte physiology in ways relevant to cognition, metabolism, and disease vulnerability.
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Astrocyte changes with age
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- 199.Verkhratsky A, Rodrigues JJ, Pivoriunas A, Zorec R, Semyanov A. Astroglial atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease. Pflugers Arch. 2019;471(10):1247-1261. PubMed ↗
- 215.Palmer AL, Ousman SS. Astrocytes and aging. Front Aging Neurosci. 2018;10:337. PubMed ↗
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