astroglia

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astroglia

[ə′sträg·lē·ə]

(neuroscience)

Neuroglia composed of astrocytes.

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For instance, the cellular components of the blood-brain barrier that promote inflammation in the brain, such as microglia and astroglia, in addition to regulating blood-brain barrier may also be affecting several brain functions during sleep and sleep loss.

Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Induced by Chronic Sleep Loss: Low-Grade Inflammation May Be the Link

The new findings aren't the first to suggest astroglia had been given short shrift.

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Estudios mas recientes han demostrado que en los cerebros adultos de los mamiferos existen celulas madre neurales capaces de auto-renovarse y que dan lugar a neuronas, celulas de la astroglia y de la oligodendroglia.

Bases biologicas del deterioro de la funcion cognitiva inducido por los tratamientos antineoplasicos

Pioglitazone enhances pyruvate and lactate oxidation in cultured neurons but not in cultured astroglia.

A cell culture model for diabetic neuropathy studies

24) Luego de trasplantar esas celulas en animales se ha observado que se pueden obtener, dependiendo de las condiciones, diferentes tejidos como fibras musculares, (25) hepatocitos, (26) microglia y astroglia (27) y tejido neuronal.

Trasplante de tejido retiniano y de celulas progenitoras retinianas: una promesa terapeutica para pacientes con enfermedad de la retina

Glial tubes are composed of a special type of astroglia that expresses the marker of mature CNS astrocytes [glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)] and also contain the cytoskeletal proteins vimentin and nestin.

Neural stem cells & supporting cells--the new therapeutic tools for the treatment of spinal cord injury

Prion protein expression differences in microglia and astroglia influence scrapie-induced neurodegenration in the retina and brain of transgenic mice.

Susceptibilities of nonhuman primates to chronic wasting disease

9) demostraron un proceso inflamatorio activo, con marcada activacion de microglia, astroglia y citocinas proinflamatorias, en la corteza cerebral, la sustancia blanca y notablemente en el cerebelo de pacientes con autismo.

Infecciones por HSV-2 y su relacion con anticuerpos antiencefalo de rata en suero de pacientes con autismo

10) La fisiopatologia del dano en la celula ganglionar secundaria a un proceso viral no esta del todo dilucidada; sin embargo, hay varios mecanismos de regulacion en los que se encuentra la activacion microglial dentro de la astroglia que lleva a la liberacion de neurotransmisores y moleculas tales como glutamato y anion superoxido, que poseen efecto citotoxico a nivel axonal en las celulas ganglionares de la retina.

La neuritis optica y su seguimiento con tomografia optica de coherencia (OCT) informe de caso

Allen, El-Oqayli, Aschner, Syversen, & Sonnewald, 2001) claimed that the effect of methylmercury on the activity of astrocytes is mediated by the effect of this toxin on the mitochondria of the astroglia.

Effects of trophic poisoning with methylmercury on the appetitive elements of the agonistic sequence in fighting-fish (Betta Splendens)

Differential ability of astroglia and neuronal cells to accumulate lead: dependence on cell type and on degree of differentiation.

Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic evidence of glial effects of cumulative lead exposure in the adult human hippocampus

Most proteins considered as biomarkers to date are derived from astroglia or neurons.