Astrocytes as the main players in primary degenerative disorders of the human central nervous system

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2016, Pages

  Capani, Francisco ^a,b   Quarracino, Cecilia ^a   Caccuri, Roberto ^a   Sica, Roberto E P ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Human central nervous system; Neurodegeneration; Primary astrocytic degeneration; Primary degenerative disorders

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASTROCYTE; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT SURVEY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 84964670013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00045     Document Type: Short Survey

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