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Meaning of "astrocyte"
Astrocyte (noun): A type of cell in the brain and spinal cord that provides support and protection for neurons. Astrocytes play a critical role in maintaining the health and function of the nervous system
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- A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain.
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The astrocyte glial reaction is clearly reduced.
The first is a glial cell called an astrocyte.
An astrocyte is a glial cell in the central nervous system.
Another perspective is that astrocyte swelling is due to glutamine accumulation.
This protocol may be used to generate astrocyte cell lines.
This astrocyte rids the brain of unnecessary synapses.
Cell density is not a crucial parameter for astrocyte differentiation.
A single astrocyte can contact multiple tumor cells.
The developed algorithm was also applied to real astrocyte images.
Extensive astrocyte transduction was observed in hypothalamus and medulla.
A structural astrocytic phenotype may also comprise expression of an astrocyte marker.
Mechanisms of astrocyte development and their contributions to neurodevelopmental disorders.
The factor or factors may be supplied by or derived from an immortalized astrocyte.
Astrocyte and oligodendrocyte glial cells were pooled for these results.
He said that uncontrolled astrocyte growth can lead to brain tumours.
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The astrocyte is one of the most exciting topics in neuroscience today.
He said that uncontrolled astrocyte growth can lead to brain tumors.
The astrocyte marker may be expressed on the cell surface or internally.
The present invention also provides a production method of the astrocyte.
This is followed by astrocyte gliosis and the attempts of remyelination by oligodendrocytes.
Control cells did not stain positively for the astrocyte lineage markers.
Astrocyte and oligodendrocyte numbers were not significantly altered from control values.
Glutamine synthetase downregulation reduces astrocyte protection against glutamate excitotoxicity to neurons.
The astrocyte endfeet can be seen spiraling around the blood vessel.
Confocal microscopy for correlation between astrocyte activation and oxidative stress.
We can learn much about the mind without knowing a neuron from an astrocyte.
This experiment confirmed prior observations of astrocyte infiltration of clinical brain metastasis samples.
GFAP is expressed in the central nervous system in astrocyte cells.
We have reported that astrocyte stimulation can increase the frequency of miniature synaptic currents.
A cell surface marker for some epithelial cells and astrocyte lineage cells.
The distance of each astrocyte from the basal membrane of the endothelium was also measured.
They observed that only the ubiquitously expressed isoform was required for astrocyte directed migration.
Some studies suggest roles for astrocyte channels in basic cell processes such as cell proliferation.
TWEAK can infiltrate an inflamed brain to influence astrocyte behavior.
This could alter astrocyte functions but the mechanisms connecting astrocytopathy and demyelination remain unclear.
These are direct effects that are also present in astrocyte cell cultures not containing neurons.
In addition, astrocyte ion channel expression is dynamic and changes during development.
Sulfasalazine treatment significantly lowered astrocyte activation in the cervical region FIG.
PLASTICASTROS project work has established a substantial baseline for future work on astrocyte signalling.
They expressed astrocyte markers such as GFAP and GS.
Effect of increasing concentrations of rat CNTF on rat hippocampal astrocyte mitotic index.
The effect of astrocyte activity was cell-specific.
This may be effected by FACS using an antibody specific for an astrocyte cell marker.
In certain aspects, astrocyte activation is diminished or eliminated in the subject.
A difference was recognized between the two groups for the astrocyte marker GFAP.
Accordingly, impairment in these astrocyte functions can critically influence neuron survival.
Increased GFAP levels in CSF reflect astrocyte damage.
In addition, astrocyte processes contact the axonal membrane at the nodal region.
Both adenosine and ATP induce astrocyte cell proliferation.
This astrocyte remodeling appears to be mediated through ammonia-induced mitochondrial permeability transition.
