Human astrocytes are apparently better than other mammalian astrocytes. How do we know that? We've put them in mice. It made the mice smarter. http://www.ne

Human astrocytes are apparently better than other mammalian astrocytes. How do we know that? We've put them in mice. It made the mice smarter. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26639-the-smart-mouse-with-the-halfhuman-brain.html#.VXSjvd_OuV4 http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26639-the-smart-mouse-... http://www.jneurosci.org/content/34/48/16153.abstract http://www.jneurosci.org/content/34/48/16153.abstract https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/labs/Nedergaard-Lab/publications/pdfs/Forebrain-Engraftment.pdf https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/labs/Nedergaard-Lab/publicati...