Akiko Nishiyama

Associate Professor, Physiology and Neurobiology

As a medical student in Japan, Akiko Nishiyama was fascinated to learn that once neurons are generated in development, they cannot be replaced. She went on to earn a PhD as well as her MD, studying glial cells in the brain – cells that were once described as housekeeping cells that support neurons. Nishiyama is among the researchers who have learned that glial cells have a much more active role.

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