Brain Astrocyte Cells (IMAGE)

Indiana University

Brain Astrocyte Cells

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The parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which has infected an estimated one in four Americans and even larger numbers worldwide, forms astrocyte in the brain. The parasite can alter important functions within the brain.

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Indiana University School of Medicine

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