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Reasearch

A collection of 3 issues

Who We Are

Principal Investigator: Alfonso Araque PhD araque@umn.edu Postdoctorate Students Carmen Perez de Nanclares, PhD cperezde@umn.edu José Noriega Prieto, PhD norie015@umn.edu Daniela Hererra Moro Chao, PhD herrerad@umn.edu Rafael Falcon Moya, PhD rfalconm@umn.edu Graduate Students: Julianna Goenaga goena003@umn.edu Jacob Noeker noeke003@

Our Research

Research of our group focuses on the mechanisms and physiological consequences of the astrocyte-neuron signaling, aiming to understand its role in physiological and pathological aspects of synaptic physiology and brain function. Astrocytes, classically considered as supportive cells for neurons without a direct role in brain information processing, are emerging as

Publications

Lines J, Martin E.D., Kofuj, P, Aguilar J, Araque A (2020) Astrocytes modulate sensory-evoked neuronal network activity. Nature Communications 23 July 2020 11: 3689 . Cavaccini A, Durkee CD, Kofuji P, Tonini R, Araque A (2020) Astrocyte signaling gates long-term depression at corticostriatal synapses of the direct pathway. Journal of