Primary cultures of astrocytes: Their value in understanding astrocytes in health and disease

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2569-2588

  Lange, Sofie C ^a   Bak, Lasse K ^a   Waagepetersen, Helle S ^a   Schousboe, Arne ^a   Norenberg, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte functions; Astrocytes in neurological diseases; Primary cultured astrocytes

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEALTH; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS;

EID: 84871410588     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-012-0868-0     Document Type: Review

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