Star-cross'd neurons: Astroglial effects on neural repair in the adult mammalian CNS

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 238-240

  Emsley, Jason G ^a   Arlotta, Paola ^a   Macklis, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; LAMININ; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; VIMENTIN;

ASTROCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA CELL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; VIMENTIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1942468731     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2004.02.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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