Structural association of astrocytes with neurons and vasculature: Defining territorial boundaries

Astrocytes in (Patho)Physiology of the Nervous System

Volumn 9780387794921, Issue , 2009, Pages 251-286

  Reichenbach, Andreas ^a   Wolburg, Hartwig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79492-1_10     Document Type: Chapter

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