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Why Astrocytes May Rewrite Neuroscience
Not disrupt — expand.
Talk of astrocytes “rewriting” neuroscience is easy to overstate. The more precise claim is that neuroscience is becoming a science of integrated cell types, and astrocytes are becoming legitimate first-class participants in that account.
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A broader unit of analysis
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Primary literature
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- 181.Santello M, Toni N, Volterra A. Astrocyte function from information processing to cognition and cognitive impairment. Nat Neurosci. 2019;22(2):154-166. PubMed ↗
- 186.Halassa MM, Haydon PG. Integrated brain circuits: astrocytic networks modulate neuronal activity and behavior. Annu Rev Physiol. 2010;72:335-355. PubMed ↗
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