Astrocytes Control Synapse Formation, Function, and Elimination
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Astrocytes Control Synapse Formation, Function, and Elimination.
Astrocytes, through their close associations with synapses, can monitor and alter synaptic function, thus actively controlling synaptic transmission in the adult brain. Besides their important role at adult synapses, in the last three decades a number of critical findings have highlighted the importance of astrocytes in the establishment of synaptic connectivity in the developing brain. In this...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1943-0264
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a020370