Morphological plasticity of rodent astroglia

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 263-275

  Rodnight, Richard Burnard ^a   Gottfried, Carmem ^b  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

astrocyte; astrogliosis; glia; plasticity; RhoA; stellation

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PROTEIN CDC42; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ASTROCYTOSIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITIC SPINE; GLIOSIS; MACROGLIA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RODENTIA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84872054313     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12087     Document Type: Review

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