Astrocytes control synapse formation, function, and elimination

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Chung, Won Suk ^a   Allen, Nicola J ^b   Eroglu, Cagla ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; HUMANS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84938394661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a020370     Document Type: Article

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