Neuron-astroglial interactions in cell-fate commitment and maturation in the central nervous system

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2402-2418

  Stipursky, Joice ^a   De Sampaio e Spohr, Tǎnia Cristina Leite ^a   Sousa, Vivian Oliveira ^a   Gomes, Flávia Carvalho Alcantara ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Biolipids; Gliogenesis; Neuronal differentiation; Radial glia cells; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

LIPID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ASTROCYTE; AXONAL GROWTH; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MACROGLIA; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NEURONS;

EID: 84871463013     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-012-0798-x     Document Type: Review

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