Elusive roles for reactive astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases

Elusive roles for reactive astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases

Astrocytes play crucial roles in the brain and are involved in the neuroinflammatory response. They become reactive in response to virtually all pathological situations in the brain such as axotomy, ischemia, infection, and neurodegenerative diseases (ND). Astrocyte reactivity was originally charact...

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Main Authors: Lucile eBen Haim, Maria-Angeles eCarrillo-de Sauvage, Kelly eCeyzériat, Carole eEscartin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Subjects:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Alzheimer’s disease
Neuroinflammation
neuron-astrocyte interactions
Huntington’s disease
Parkinson’s disease.
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2015.00278/full

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