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Definition of Astrocytes
1. astrocyte [n] - See also: astrocyte
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astrocytes
Literary usage of Astrocytes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"The anatomical organization of astrocytes and their ability to take up and ...
The role for astrocytes in neurotoxic responses has been supported in primary ..."
2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1898)
"Transition forms between these two kinds of astrocytes. v. Well-marked relation
to blood-vessels. B. In the optic lobes and the cerebral cortex we have ..."
3. A Text-book of Histology by Alexander A. Böhm, M. von Davidoff (1904)
"The astrocytes are grouped under two main heads: short-rayed astrocytes, possessing
a few short processes, found in the gray matter, and long-rayed ..."
4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"The actions of acetylcholine, muscarine and nicotine on the membrane potential
of astrocytes of cultured rat brainstem and spinal cord were examined. ..."
5. Atlas and epitome of human histology and microscopic anatomy by Johannes Sobotta (1903)
"The astrocytes are found, not like the ependyma cells, limited to certain ...
The astrocytes are divided into the short-rayed or astrocytes with a few short ..."
6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"In mammals, and especially in man, astrocytes may, it is considered by some,
develop from a less highly differentiated cell than ependyma cells, ..."
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