Two types of astrocytic cell in the adult striatum

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Title:	Two types of astrocytic cell in the adult striatum
Creators Name:	Wang, L.P., Cheung, G., Kronenberg, G., Gertz, K., Ji, S., Kempermann, G., Endres, M. and Kettenmann, H.
Abstract:	We studied the properties of GFAP-expressing cells in adult mouse striatum using acute brain slices from transgenic animals expressing EGFP under GFAP promoter. Under physiological conditions, two distinct populations of GFAPEGFP cells could be identified: (1) brightly fluorescent cells had bushy processes, passive membrane properties, glutamate transporter activity, and high gap junction coupling rate typical for classical astrocytes; (2) weakly fluorescent cells were characterized by thin, clearly distinguishable processes, voltage-gated currents, and low coupling rate reminiscent of an astrocyte subtype recently described in the hippocampus.
Source:	5th Int. Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, ITAB 2008 in conjunction with 2nd Int. Symposium and Summer School on Biomedical and Health Engineering, IS3BHE 2008
Title of Book:	Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, 2008. ITAB 2008. International Conference on Information Technology and Application in Biomedicine
ISBN:	978-1-4244-2254-8
Publisher:	IEEE
Page Range:	520-524
Date:	2008
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1109/ITAB.2008.4570666

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