Astrocytes, once thought to be mere brain “support cells,” are now revealed to be key players in fear memory. Researchers found they actively help form, recall, and weaken fear responses by ...

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Neuroscientist Sjoerd Meijer of the Donders Institute at Radboud University has shown for the first time that targeted ...