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Barbara Picower has guided the low-profile foundation that she launched after her husband’s death in 2009 to give billions of dollars to hundreds of charities.
Get latest articles and stories on Health at LatestLY. Throughout our lifetimes, we have acquired the ability to do a variety of skilled movements, from driving a car to swinging a tennis racket. You might believe that only neurons carry out this learning, but a recent study by scientists at The Picower Center for Learning and Memory at MIT demonstrates the crucial function of another type of brain cell: astrocytes. Health News | Astrocyte Cells Critical for Learning Skilled Movements: Research.