MIT unlocks mystery behind brain imaging
Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 14:42
in Biology & Nature
Star-shaped brain cells shown to play key role In work that solves a long-standing mystery in neuroscience, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes—previously considered bit players by most neuroscientists—make noninvasive brain scans possible.