Astrocytes at the Hub of the Stress Response: Potential Modulation of Neurogenesis by miRNAs in Astrocyte-Derived Exosomes

• Main Authors: Alejandro Luarte (Author), Pablo Cisternas (Author), Ariel Caviedes (Author), Luis Federico Batiz (Author), Carlos Lafourcade (Author), Ursula Wyneken (Author), Roberto Henzi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Repetitive stress negatively affects several brain functions and neuronal networks. Moreover, adult neurogenesis is consistently impaired in chronic stress models and in associated human diseases such as unipolar depression and bipolar disorder, while it is restored by effective antidepressant treat...