Reactive astrocytes in neural repair and protection

Neuroscientist

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 400-407

  Sofroniew, Michael V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Blood brain barrier; Glia; Inflammation; Injury; Neural progenitors; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE DELETION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE REPAIR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN INJURIES; GLIOSIS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 25144440471     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858405278321     Document Type: Review

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