Astroglia: Not just glue

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Taber, Katherine H ^a,b,c   Hurley, Robin A ^a,c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIA DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; SARCOSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DEPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MACROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIKARYON; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 53849131671     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20.2.iv     Document Type: Article

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