Imaging and monitoring astrocytes in health and disease

• Auteur principal: Carole Escartin (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Keith Murai (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Collection: Frontiers Research Topics
• Sujets: Neurosciences; brain imaging; transgenesis; high-resolution imaging; gene transfer; Reactive astrocytes; Electrophysiology; neuron-astrocyte interactions; In vivo analysis
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Astrocytes are key cellular partners to neurons in the brain. They play an important role in multiple processes such as neurotransmitter recycling, trophic support, antioxidant defense, ionic homeostasis, inflammatory modulation, neurovascular and neurometabolic coupling, neurogenesis, synapse forma...