Astrocytes: powering memory

Paola Bezzi; Andrea Volterra

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.02.027

Astrocytes: powering memory

Cell. 2011 Mar 4;144(5):644-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.02.027.

Authors

Paola Bezzi¹, Andrea Volterra

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cell Biology and Morphology, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon, 9 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 21376229
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.02.027

Abstract

Creating long-term memory requires a cellular program in neurons involving gene expression, protein synthesis, and formation of new synaptic connections. Suzuki et al. (2011) show that astrocytes, glial cells of the brain, play a necessary role in this program by converting glycogen to lactate and transporting it to neurons.

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