Glial cells more than support cells?

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 661-665

  He, Fei ^a   Sun, Yi E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Microglia; Neural stem cell; Oligodendrocyte

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GLIA CELL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PLASTICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROGLIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33847644521     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2006.10.022     Document Type: Short Survey

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