Cerebrum Podcast: Evolving View of Astrocytes

4th Nov 2016

The Cerebrum podcast is available to listen to via Soundcloud.

In this podcast, Philip Haydon, Chair of the Neuroscience department at Tufts University School of Medicine, talks about a type of glial cell that is prevalent in the cortex - the astrocyte. He discusses the role of astrocytes in brain functioning and their potential to effect sleep, learning and memory.

This is available for everyone and is only 20 minutes long.