Functional diversity of astrocytes in neural circuit regulation

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 18, 31 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrn.2016.159 Authors: Lucile Ben Haim & David H. Rowitch Although it is well established that all brain regions contain various neuronal subtypes with different functions, astrocytes have traditionally been thought to be homogenous. However, recent evidence has shown that astrocytes in the mammalian CNS display distinct inter- and intra-regional features, as well as functional
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