“If the skeptics are correct, then the astrocyte might prove to be responsible at the learning level.” — Andrew Koob Education Copy Share Image
“nothing was known about glial cells, the most abundant cell in the brain by a large magnitude.” — Andrew Koob Glial Cells Copy Share Image
“Glia are not glue or inconsequential space; it is now turning out to be the exact opposite. Rodin’s thinker was certainly using… — Andrew Koob Rodin Copy Share Image
“Little is known about the physiological properties of glial cells in the vertebrate central nervous system.” In fact, in 1966, absolutely” — Andrew Koob Nervous system Copy Share Image
“The leech is more developed than the flatworm, with one glial cell for every 30 neurons, and the glial cells occupying 51… — Andrew Koob Brain Copy Share Image
“Astonishingly little has been researched on glia until the twenty-first century.” — Andrew Koob Copy Share Image
“midline. The back of the brain is the visual cortex. The parietal cortex between the sensory and visual cortex stores motor memories… — Andrew Koob Blood flow Copy Share Image
“percent of the rodent brain and 90 percent of the human brain. The ratio of cell number of astrocytes in the cortex… — Andrew Koob Brain Copy Share Image
“When someone is told to speak, the area of the left temporal cortex is flushed with blood. Knowing that astrocytes, not neurons,… — Andrew Koob Blood flow Copy Share Image
“4 Meet the astrocyte If you look at a tulip, you wouldn’t think it was an armadillo. Similarly, looking at a neuron,… — Andrew Koob Biology Copy Share Image
“astrocytes, and Myron’s discus thrower was using his neurons. For the astrocyte to be the root of thought, it must be able… — Andrew Koob Neurons Copy Share Image
“When looking at the brains of injured patients, Paul Broca (1824–1880) discovered that the left temporal cortex was responsible for speech. When… — Andrew Koob Brain Copy Share Image
“Glial cells include Schwann cells, Müller cells, epithelial cells, ependymal cells, oligodendricytes, tanycytes, microglia, and astrocytes—all function as differently from each other… — Andrew Koob Learning new Copy Share Image
“Blocking inositol triphosphate stops the wave. Inositol triphosphate receptor activation by calcium can desensitize the receptors. Inositol triphosphate is more sensitive to… — Andrew Koob Power plant Copy Share Image
