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Astrocyte cells in the fruit fly brain are an on-off switch that controls when neurons can change and grow

  • Written by Sarah DeGenova Ackerman, Postdoctoral Fellow, UO Institute of Neuroscience and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Oregon
Astrocyte cells in the fruit fly brain are an on-off switch that controls when neurons can change and growThe colors in this microscope photo of a fruit fly brain show different types of neurons and the cells that surround them in the brain.Sarah DeGenova Ackerman, CC BY-ND

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