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Astrocytes

Known as: Astroglias, Astrocyte, Astroglia 
The largest and most numerous neuroglial cells in the brain and spinal cord. Astrocytes are irregularly shaped with many long processes, including… 
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Fibrous astrocyte

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NeurogliaSet of macroglial cellsbrain cell

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1996
1996
Effects of various nitric oxide synthase inhibitors on NMDA-induced neuronal injury in rat cortical neurons.
Using an in vitro primary cell culture model in which cortical neurons undergo a gradual and delayed neuronal death after a brief… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
A neurologist's reflections on boxing. V. Conclude remarks.
Clinical and morphological publications have shown convincingly, that participation in boxing leads to a severe permanent brain… 
1986
1986
Ethanol neurotoxicity. 1. Direct effects on replicating astrocytes.
Experiments were conducted to investigate the direct effects of ethanol on the DNA, RNA and protein content of rapidly growing… 
1986
1986
Ethanol neurotoxicity. 2. Direct effects on differentiating astrocytes.
In a previous investigation, we demonstrated altered patterns of growth, as indicated by RNA, DNA and protein contents, in… 
1984
1984
Orthogonal Arrays Are Redistributed in the Membranes of Astroglia from Alumina‐Induced Epileptic Foci
Summary: Freeze‐fracture techniques were used to examine the distribution of orthogonal arrays in the membranes of astroglia from… 
1984
1984
Astrocytes in smears of CNS tissues as visualized by GFA and vimentin immunofluorescence.
A technique is described using immunocytochemistry in which smears of fresh unfixed brain tissue combined with antibodies against… 
1984
1984
Factor VIII related antigen and glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity in the differential diagnosis of central nervous system hemangioblastomas.
Nineteen hemangioblastomas, nine angioblastic meningiomas, ten metastases to the brain (including five renal cell carcinomas… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Changes in the neuroglial cell populations of the rat spinal cord after local X-irradiation.
A 16 mm length of cervical spinal cord of young adult female rats was irradiated with 4000 rad of 250 kV X rays. Counts of… 
1971
1971
An electron microscopic and radioautographic study on experimental kernicterus. II. Bilirubin movement within neurons and release of waste products via astroglia.
Response of the neurons to bilirubin in asphyxiated newborn rabbits was studied in vivo with the use of the electron microscope… 
1971
1971
VARIATIONS IN THE LOCATION AND SIZE OF PYROANTIMONATE PRECIPITATES IN THE IMMATURE RAT CEREBRAL CORTEX
The extracellular space in the developing rat cerebral cortex is quite large but varies considerably in extent depending on age… 
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