The astrocyte: Powerhouse and recycling center

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Weber, Bruno ^a   Barros, L Felipe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84949238881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a020396     Document Type: Article

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