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Learn How the Brain Ages at the Cellular Level

Mouse aging brain cells illuminated
Join Dr. Kelly Jin, a scientist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, as she discusses new research on how our brains change as we age.

03.03.2025

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This image shows non -neuronal brain cells called tanycytes, are illuminated and color coded according to their depth, in the hypothalamus brain of a mouse. They are one of the c ell types in the mouse brain that show a large number of gene transcripts changing with age.

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