• DOI:10.1038/ncpneuro0355
Corpus ID: 16188129

Mechanisms of Disease: astrocytes in neurodegenerative disease

@article{Maragakis2006MechanismsOD,
  title={Mechanisms of Disease: astrocytes in neurodegenerative disease},
  author={N. Maragakis and J. Rothstein},
  journal={Nature Clinical Practice Neurology},
  year={2006},
  volume={2},
  pages={679-689}
}

N. Maragakis, J. Rothstein

Published 2006

Medicine

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

The term neurodegenerative disease refers to the principal pathology associated with disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease, and it is presumed that neurodegeneration results in the clinical findings seen in patients with these diseases. Decades of pathological and physiological studies have focused on neuronal abnormalities in these disorders, but it is becoming increasingly evident that astrocytes are also important… CONTINUE READING

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