Tag Archives: neurogenesis

Your Astrocytes To The Rescue!

Posted on 08. Nov, 2008 by .

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ASTROCYTES: NOT JUST FILLER ANYMORE For decades, neurons have gotten all the glory. They’re smart, sexy, sleek, sophisticated, lightning fast and extremely elitist since they make up only 10% of the brain. Sandwiched between 100 billion neurons—more or less—you’ll find 10 times as many “glial” cells, (from the latin for glue). Astrocytes are the most [...]

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Five Brain Myths Busted

Posted on 25. Apr, 2008 by .

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Myth #1 Alcohol kills brain cells. It does a number on your limbic system and disrupts communication between message-carrying dendrites in your cerebellum – but it doesn’t kill them. The greater the alcohol intake obviously, the greater the amount of disruption. Over time, chronic alcohol ingestion (it takes a lot of alcohol – Zane Lamprey [...]

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