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Rethink the brain: More evidence for the tripartite synapse

The star (fish) shaped astrocyte cell….Credit: Neurorocker If you’ve had any exposure to how the brain and nervous system works, you probably know about synapses – the juncture where the end of one neuron almost meets the beginning of another neuron. The synapse is two neurons and the gap between them, the point where either [...]
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