ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2020
Improved tools to study astrocytes.
Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 186 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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186 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- From glia limitans to glial scars: in vitro co-culture studies of the astrocyte and meningeal interaction.Fluids and barriers of the CNS · 2025Pooled it
- Astrocytic adrenergic α2 receptor contributes to the mechanisms underlying the circadian rhythmicity of seizure susceptibility.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2026Article
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- Astrocytes viewed through the lens of their proteomes and subproteomes.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2026Review
- Dual adeno-associated virus system for selective and sparse labeling of astrocytes.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- Facilitation of hippocampal long-term potentiation by astrocytic Gq signaling is compromised in an advanced Alzheimer's disease model.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The multiple scales of astrocytic functional units.Nature neuroscience · 2026Review
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- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of astrocyte plasticity in learning and memory.Trends in neurosciences · 2026Review
- Astroengrams: rethinking the cellular substrate for memory.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2026Review
- Cocaine induced astrocytic activation was associated with its vasoconstricting effects independent of its neuronal effects in the prefrontal cortex.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Gut-Brain-Immune Axis in Glioma: Emerging Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- Astrocytic PERK Deficiency Drives Prefrontal Circuit Dysfunction and Depressive-Like Behaviors.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Recent optical approaches for anatomical and functional dissection of neuron-astrocyte circuitry.The Journal of physiology · 2026Review
- [Sulforaphane reduces reactive astrocyte-mediated neuron apoptosisNan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2026Article
- Astrocytes and Alcohol Throughout the Lifespan.Biological psychiatry · 2026Review
- An astrocytic ensemble at vHip-NAc synapses modulates cognitive impairments induced by chronic tetrahydrocannabinol exposure.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Y-shaped trivalent aptamer for targeted visualization and tracking of reprogrammed astrocytes.Materials today. Bio · 2025Article
- AstroGreen transgenic mouse illuminates the trafficking of astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles.Molecular and cellular neurosciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Astrocytes are a type of glial cell that tile the CNS. They interact with multiple cell types, including neurons, glial cells and blood vessels, and are involved or implicated in brain disorders. Progress has been made in understanding astrocytes, but the field lacks detailed information concerning how they perform their multifarious functions, and how and when they influence the operations of the neural circuits with which they interact. One recognized bottleneck to progress has been the paucity of reliable tools with which to explore astrocytes within the adult vertebrate CNS in vivo. However, improved tools for molecular, genetic, morphological and physiological assessments have been developed recently or have been adapted from their original purposes to study neurons and are now being used to systematically document and interrogate astrocyte biology in vivo. These tools, their uses and limitations, and the insights that they afford are summarized in this Review.
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