Astrocytes and disease: A neurodevelopmental perspective

Genes and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 891-907

  Molofsk, Anna V ^a,c   Krenick, Robert ^a   Ullian, Erik ^a   Tsai, Hui Hsin ^a,b   Deneen, Benjamin ^d   Richardson, William D ^e,f   Barres, Ben A ^g   Rowitch, David H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Development; Disease; Heterogeneity; Neurodevelopment; Neuropsychiatric; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOGENESIS; AUTISM; BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPILEPSY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; GENETIC DISORDER; GLIA; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NFI GENE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 84860530692     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.188326.112     Document Type: Review

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