Astrocyte heterogeneity in the brain: From development to disease

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Schitine, Clarissa ^a   Nogaroli, Luciana ^a   Costa, Marcos R ^b   Hedin Pereira, Cecilia ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Cerebral cortex; Heterogeneity; Progenitors; Psychiatric diseases

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S100B; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

EID: 84928739127     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00076     Document Type: Review

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