Astrocyte proliferation following stroke in the mouse depends on distance from the infarct.

Reactive gliosis is a hallmark of brain pathology and the injury response, yet the extent to which astrocytes proliferate, and whether this is central to astrogliosis is still controversial. We determined the fraction of mature astrocytes that proliferate in a mouse stroke model using unbiased stere...

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Main Authors: George E Barreto, Xiaoyun Sun, Lijun Xu, Rona G Giffard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3221692?pdf=render