Astrocyte cells critical for learning skilled movements: Research

Massachusetts [US], March 11 (ANI): Throughout our lifetimes, we have acquired the ability to do a variety of skilled movements, from driving a car to swinging a tennis racket. You might believe that only neurons carry out this learning, but a recent study by scientists at The Picower Center for Learning and Memory at MIT demonstrates the crucial function of another type of brain cell: astrocytes.

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