RESEARCH NEWS 2014-03-31 Research News Studies of neurodegenerative disease often overlook astrocytes, the glial cells that surround and nurture neurons. For some years, evidence has grown to suggest they play an important role. Now, in the March 30 Nature Neuroscience, researche
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