Fluoxetine requires the endfeet protein aquaporin-4 to enhance plasticity of astrocyte processes

Fluoxetine requires the endfeet protein aquaporin-4 to enhance plasticity of astrocyte processes

Morphological alterations in astrocytes are characteristic for post mortem brains of patients affected by major depressive disorder (MDD). Recently, a significant reduction in the coverage of blood vessels (BVs) by aquaporin-4 (AQP-4)-positive astrocyte endfeet has been shown in the prefrontal corte...

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Main Authors: Barbara eDi Benedetto, Victoria A Malik, Salina eBegum, Lena eJablonowski, Gabriela B Gómez-González, Inga D Neumann, Rainer eRupprecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Subjects:
Astrocytes
Fluoxetine
plasticity
aquaporin-4
glia-vasculature interface
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2016.00008/full

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