Astrocyte function from information processing to cognition and cognitive impairment

M Santello, N Toni, A Volterra - Nature neuroscience, 2019 - nature.com
Astrocytes serve important roles that affect recruitment and function of neurons at the local
and network levels. Here we review the contributions of astrocyte signaling to synaptic …

Astrocytes: Orchestrating synaptic plasticity?

M De Pittà, N Brunel, A Volterra - Neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
Synaptic plasticity is the capacity of a preexisting connection between two neurons to
change in strength as a function of neural activity. Because synaptic plasticity is the major …

Neuron-glia networks: integral gear of brain function

G Perea, M Sur, A Araque - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell in the brain, play critical roles in metabolic and
homeostatic functions of the Nervous System; however, their participation in coding …

Astroglia-specific contributions to the regulation of synapses, cognition and behaviour

M Augusto-Oliveira, GP Arrifano, PY Takeda… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Astrocytes are a heterogeneous population of neural cells with diverse structural, functional
and molecular characteristics responsible for homeostasis and protection of the central …

Primary hippocampal neurons, which lack four crucial extracellular matrix molecules, display abnormalities of synaptic structure and function and severe deficits in …

M Geissler, C Gottschling, A Aguado… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
The extracellular matrix (ECM) of the brain plays crucial roles during the development,
maturation, and regeneration of the CNS. In a subpopulation of neurons, the ECM …

[HTML][HTML] Deep artificial neural networks and neuromorphic chips for big data analysis: pharmaceutical and bioinformatics applications

LA Pastur-Romay, F Cedrón, A Pazos… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Over the past decade, Deep Artificial Neural Networks (DNNs) have become the state-of-the-
art algorithms in Machine Learning (ML), speech recognition, computer vision, natural …

A roadmap to integrate astrocytes into Systems Neuroscience

KV Kastanenka, R Moreno‐Bote, M De Pittà, G Perea… - Glia, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Systems neuroscience is still mainly a neuronal field, despite the plethora of
evidence supporting the fact that astrocytes modulate local neural circuits, networks, and …

The computational power of the human brain

PJ Gebicke-Haerter - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
At the end of the 20th century, analog systems in computer science have been widely
replaced by digital systems due to their higher computing power. Nevertheless, the question …

Modulation of synaptic plasticity by glutamatergic gliotransmission: a modeling study

M De Pitta, N Brunel - Neural plasticity, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Glutamatergic gliotransmission, that is, the release of glutamate from perisynaptic astrocyte
processes in an activity‐dependent manner, has emerged as a potentially crucial signaling …

Comparison of different models for evaluating vehicle collision risks at upstream diverging area of toll plaza

L Xing, J He, Y Li, Y Wu, J Yuan, X Gu - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2020 - Elsevier
Toll plazas with both Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) lane (s) and Manual Toll Collection
(MTC) lane (s) could increase crash risks especially at upstream diverging areas because of …