Astrocytes are known to influence neuronal activity through different mechanisms, including
the homeostatic control of extracellular levels of ions and neurotransmitters and the …

Selective vulnerability of specific brain regions and cell populations is a hallmark of
neurodegenerative disorders. Mechanisms of selective vulnerability involve neuronal …

Astrocytes play a crucial role in regulating sleep–wake behavior, and adenosine signaling is
generally thought to be involved. Here we show multiple lines of evidence supporting that …

Despite extensive research on astrocytic Ca2+ in synaptic transmission, its contribution to
the modulation of sensory transmission during different brain states remains largely …

Sleep is a vital and evolutionarily conserved process, critical to daily functioning and
homeostatic balance. Losing sleep is inherently stressful and leads to numerous detrimental …

The integration of external information with the internal state of the body is central to the
survival of virtually every multicellular organism. However, a complete picture of the …

Astrocytes mediate many important aspects of neural homeostasis, but until recently, their
role in sleep was largely unknown. The situation has dramatically changed in the last …

Engrams, or the physical substrate of memory, recruit heterogeneous cell types. Targeted
reactivation of neurons processing discrete memories drives the behavioral expression of …

The brain is a complex organ, fundamentally changing across the day to perform basic
functions like sleep, thought, and regulating whole-body physiology. This requires a …

Evidence that glial cells influence behavior has been gaining a steady foothold in scientific
literature. Out of the five main subtypes of glial cells in the brain, astrocytes and microglia …