Controversy surrounding the existence of discrete functional classes of astrocytes in adult gray matter

GLIA

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-103

  Walz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Brain slices; GFAP; Glial cells; Ion currents; Precursor cells; Protoplasmic astrocytes; Sodium current

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 0033868095     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-1136(200008)31:2<95::AID-GLIA10>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Review

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