Unraveling the complex metabolic nature of astrocytes
Since the initial description of astrocytes by neuroanatomists of the nineteenth century, a critical metabolic role for these cells has been suggested in the central nervous system. Nonetheless, it took several technological and conceptual advances over many years before we could start to understand...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2013.00179/full |