Astrocytes

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Astrocytes: Multitalented Stars of the Central Nervous System
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   Chapter 2 Neurogenic astrocytes and their glycoconjugates: not just "glue" anymore.
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   Chapter 3 Heterogeneity of astrocytic form and function.
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   Chapter 4 Preparation of Mixed Glial Cultures from Postnatal Rat Brain
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   Chapter 5 Generation of Primary Astrocyte Cultures Devoid of Contaminating Microglia
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   Chapter 6 Derivation of microglia-free astrocyte cultures from neural stem cells.
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   Chapter 7 Isolation and Culture of Spinal Cord Astrocytes
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   Chapter 8 Isolation and culture of astrocytes from the retina and optic nerve.
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    Chapter 9 Primary Cultures of Astrocytes from Fetal Bovine Brain
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    Chapter 10 Isolation and Cultivation of Porcine Astrocytes
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    Chapter 11 Isolation and Culture of Human Astrocytes
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    Chapter 12 Cell Culturing of Caenorhabditis elegans Glial Cells for the Assessment of Cytosolic Ca 2+ Dynamics
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    Chapter 13 Astrocyte Polarization and Wound Healing in Culture: Studying Cell Adhesion Molecules
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    Chapter 14 An In Vitro Trauma Model to Study Rodent and Human Astrocyte Reactivity
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    Chapter 15 Use of Gel Zymography to Examine Matrix Metalloproteinase (Gelatinase) Expression in Brain Tissue or in Primary Glial Cultures
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    Chapter 16 ELISA Methodology to Quantify Astrocyte Production of Cytokines/Chemokines In Vitro
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    Chapter 17 Induction of Nitric Oxide Synthase-2 Expression and Measurement of Nitric Oxide Production in Enriched Primary Cortical Astrocyte Cultures
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    Chapter 18 Examining potassium channel function in astrocytes.
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    Chapter 19 Connexin-Based Channels in Astrocytes: How to Study Their Properties
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    Chapter 20 Isotope-Based Quantitation of Uptake, Release, and Metabolism of Glutamate and Glucose in Cultured Astrocytes
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    Chapter 21 An In Vitro Model of Reactive Astrogliosis and Its Effect on Neuronal Growth
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    Chapter 22 A Neuron-Astrocyte Co-Culture System to Investigate Astrocyte-Secreted Factors in Mouse Neuronal Development
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    Chapter 23 Cocultures of Neurons and Astrocytes as a Model for Examining Hypoxia-Induced Neuronal Death
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    Chapter 24 Use of Astrocyte-Microglial Cocultures to Examine the Regulatory Influence of Astrocytes on Microglial Activation
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    Chapter 25 Astrocyte-schwann-cell coculture systems.
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    Chapter 26 An in vitro assay to examine oligodendrocyte precursor cell migration on astrocytes.
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    Chapter 27 Investigation of Astrocyte – Oligodendrocyte Interactions in Human Cultures
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    Chapter 28 An Improved In Vitro Blood–Brain Barrier Model: Rat Brain Endothelial Cells Co-cultured with Astrocytes
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    Chapter 29 In Vitro Models of the Blood–Brain Barrier
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    Chapter 30 An In Vitro Model of Ischemic Stroke
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    Chapter 31 Pericyte Coculture Models to Study Astrocyte, Pericyte, and Endothelial Cell Interactions
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    Chapter 32 Reprogramming of postnatal astroglia of the mouse neocortex into functional, synapse-forming neurons.
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    Chapter 33 Assessment of Glial Function in the In Vivo Retina
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    Chapter 34 Imaging in vivo astrocyte/endothelial cell interactions at the blood-brain barrier.
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    Chapter 35 Transgenic Techniques for Cell Ablation or Molecular Deletion to Investigate Functions of Astrocytes and Other GFAP-Expressing Cell Types
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    Chapter 36 In vivo imaging of ca(2+) signaling in astrocytes using two-photon laser scanning fluorescent microscopy.
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    Chapter 37 Use of Cre-Lox Technology to Analyze Integrin Functions in Astrocytes