Caption: A mutant gene that causes the deadly Alexander disease creates an overgrowth of the protein GFAP in brain cells called astrocytes (right) compared to normal brain cells (left). Work in the lab of Albee Messing at the Waisman Institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is exploring how the aberrant protein affects learning and the growth of new neurons in the mouse brain.
Credit: Tracy Hagemann
Date: 2012
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