"Astrocytes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of large neuroglial (macroglial) cells in the central nervous system - the largest and most numerous neuroglial cells in the brain and spinal cord. Astrocytes (from "star" cells) are irregularly shaped with many long processes, including those with "end feet" which form the glial (limiting) membrane and directly and indirectly contribute to the BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER. They regulate the extracellular ionic and chemical environment, and "reactive astrocytes" (along with MICROGLIA) respond to injury.
| Descriptor ID |
D001253
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.637.200 A11.650.200
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Astrocytes" by people in Profiles.
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Selective Ablation of Sod2 in Astrocytes Induces Sex-Specific Effects on Cognitive Function, d-Serine Availability, and Astrogliosis. J Neurosci. 2022 08 03; 42(31):5992-6006.
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A clinical primer for the glymphatic system. Brain. 2022 04 29; 145(3):843-857.
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Repeated cocaine or methamphetamine treatment alters astrocytic CRF2 and GLAST expression in the ventral midbrain. Addict Biol. 2022 03; 27(2):e13120.
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IGF1R signaling regulates astrocyte-mediated neurovascular coupling in mice: implications for brain aging. Geroscience. 2021 04; 43(2):901-911.
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Inducible cell-specific mouse models for paired epigenetic and transcriptomic studies of microglia and astroglia. Commun Biol. 2020 11 19; 3(1):693.
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Whole brain irradiation in mice causes long-term impairment in astrocytic calcium signaling but preserves astrocyte-astrocyte coupling. Geroscience. 2021 02; 43(1):197-212.
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Primary neuron and astrocyte cultures from postnatal Callithrix jacchus: a non-human primate in vitro model for research in neuroscience, nervous system aging, and neurological diseases of aging. Geroscience. 2021 02; 43(1):115-124.
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Arx expansion mutation perturbs cortical development by augmenting apoptosis without activating innate immunity in a mouse model of X-linked infantile spasms syndrome. Dis Model Mech. 2020 03 30; 13(3).
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Molecular changes associated with spinal cord aging. Geroscience. 2020 04; 42(2):765-784.
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Pharmacological or genetic depletion of senescent astrocytes prevents whole brain irradiation-induced impairment of neurovascular coupling responses protecting cognitive function in mice. Geroscience. 2020 04; 42(2):409-428.