Neuroglia in ageing and disease

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 357, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 493-503

  Verkhratsky, Alexei ^a,b,c   Rodríguez, José J ^b,c   Parpura, Vladimir ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e University of Rijeka   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Alzheimer's disease; Astrocyte; Microglia; Neurodegeneration; Neuroglia; Neurological diseases

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GLIA; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 84905902337     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-1814-z     Document Type: Review

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