Friends Turn Foe—Astrocytes Contribute to Neuronal Damage in NeuroAIDS

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 286-297

  Pandey, Hriday Shanker ^a   Seth, Pankaj ^a  

^a NATIONAL BRAIN RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Astrocytosis; Glial dysfunction; HIV 1 neuropathogenesis; NeuroAIDS; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; WNT PROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EXCITOTOXICITY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; WNT SIGNALING; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85068134530     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-019-01357-1     Document Type: Review

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