Astrocyte senescence promotes glutamate toxicity in cortical neurons.

Neurodegeneration is a major age-related pathology. Cognitive decline is characteristic of patients with Alzheimer's and related dementias and cancer patients after chemo- or radio-therapies. A recently emerged driver of these and other age-related pathologies is cellular senescence, a cell fat...

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Main Authors: Chandani Limbad, Tal Ronnen Oron, Fatouma Alimirah, Albert R Davalos, Tara E Tracy, Li Gan, Pierre-Yves Desprez, Judith Campisi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227887