Astrocyte (IMAGE)

Duke University

Astrocyte

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Non-neuronal cells called astrocytes (red) churn out hevin (green), a protein crucial for the refinement of neuronal connections in the developing brain.

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Eroglu lab, Duke University, <i>eLife</i> 2014;10.7554/eLife.04047

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