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Neurons (green) fire differently depending on whether the astrocytes (red) they are grown with are cultivated from people with or without fragile X.
Astrocytes Fuel Erratic Firing in Fragile X Neurons
This new understanding could one day lead to targeted treatments. 
Astrocytes Fuel Erratic Firing in Fragile X Neurons
Astrocytes Fuel Erratic Firing in Fragile X Neurons

This new understanding could one day lead to targeted treatments. 

This new understanding could one day lead to targeted treatments. 

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This is DishBrain, an in vitro system that combines human brain cells with artificial intelligence technology, which researchers at Australian biotech Cortical Labs recently trained to play the classic 1972 Atari video game Pong. Fluorescent markers show axons in green, neuron bodies in purple, dendrites in red, and all other cells in blue. Where multiple markers are present, colors are merged and typically appear as yellow or pink. Posted: October 12, 2022
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