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Identifying Proteins on Glial Cells That May Help People Live Longer

Marques MP; Sun B; Park YJ; Jackson T; Lu TC; Qi Y; Harrison E; Wang MC; Moussa Pasha O; Varanasi A; Carey DK; Mani DR; Zirin J; Qadiri M; Hu Y; Venkatachalam K; Perrimon N; Carr SA; Udeshi ND; Luo L; Li J; Li H

Scientists studied tiny brain cells in flies and found that a special protein, called DIP-β, helps flies live longer. They discovered that boosting this protein in some cells could help those cells communicate better, which might help with brain aging.

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Removing Neuroligins from Brain Cells Doesn't Seem to Change Synapse Numbers or Cell Shape

Golf SR; Trotter JH; Wang J; Nakahara G; Han X; Wernig M; Südhof TC

Astrocytes are important for brain connections, but we don't fully know how yet. Even when scientists removed certain molecules from astrocytes in mice and in human cells, it didn't change the brain connections they looked at. This means these molecules might do something else important that we haven't figured out yet.

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