Mystery Behind Brain Imaging Unlocked

Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 14:21 in Biology & Nature

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.

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