Star-shaped brain cells that are often overlooked by doctors and
scientists as mere sup****t cells appear to play a key role in the
development of epilepsy, researchers say in a study published on-line
August 14 in "Nature Medicine". It's one of the first times scientists
have produced firm evidence implicating the cells, known as astrocytes,
in a common human disease .... Neurons represent just a small
pro****tion of brain cells. Astrocytes are present in vastly greater
numbers =96 there are approximately 10 times as many astrocytes as
neurons in the human brain. Nedergaard is part of a growing group of
scientists who are focusing on the pivotal role that astrocytes may
play in several human diseases. Continued at
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/uorm-roe081205.php
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