A smarter mouse with human astrocytes

BioEssays

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 876-880

  Zhang, Ye ^a   Barres, Ben A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Evolution; Human; Learning and memory; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; FOREBRAIN; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

ASTROCYTES; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LEARNING AND MEMORY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MICE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84884727139     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300070     Document Type: Article

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