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Brown: Scientists Devise New 'Bar Code' Method to Identify Critical Cell Types in the Brain
June 26, 2020
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 26 -- Brown University issued the following news release:

While the brain is composed of two types of cells, glia tend to receive far less attention for their importance in brain function and disease than the more celebrated neurons. But scientists have known for more than a century that special types of glial cells are integral components of neuromuscular junctions or synapses -- points of contact between neurons and muscles that permit the brain to c . . .

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