ASTROCYTES IN THE NEUROPROTECTION AFTER BRAIN STROKE
Astrocytes are specialized glial cells of the nervous system, which have multiple homeostatic functions for the survival and maintenance of the neurovascular unit. It has been shown that astrocytes have critical role in the dynamics pro survival conferring neuroprotective, angiogenic, immunomodulato...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-03-01
|
Series: | Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fncel.2015.35.00007/full |