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How Astrocytes Keep Neural Teams in Sync

How Astrocytes Keep Neural Teams in Sync

Key Questions Answered Q: What did scientists discover about astrocytes and information encoding?A: The study found that astrocytes regulate ambient GABA levels using a protein called Gat3, which is essential for helping neurons coordinate their activity and encode visual information as a group. Q: What happened when Gat3 was removed from astrocytes?A: When Gat3 was knocked out in the visual …

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