Mast cells on the mind: New insights and opportunities

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 513-521

  Silver, Rae ^a,b,c   Curley, James P ^b  

^a Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Mast cells; Multiple sclerosis; Neuroimmune interactions; NGF; Psychiatric disease

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SIZE; CATALYST; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ISOLATION; COGNITION; DISEASES; EMOTIONALITY; GLIA; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; INJURY; MACROGLIA; MAST CELL; MICROGLIA; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ISCHEMIA; MAST CELLS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMMUNE INTERACTIONS; NGF; PSYCHIATRIC DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MAST CELLS; NEURONS;

EID: 84883766647     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.06.001     Document Type: Review

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