Emerging roles of astrocytes in neural circuit development

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 311-321

  Clarke, Laura E ^a   Barres, Ben A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLESTEROL; EPHRIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYPICAN; INTEGRIN; THROMBOSPONDIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOLECULE; MOTONEURON; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; NERVE NET; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84876668625     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3484     Document Type: Review

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