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astrocytes (as´trōsī´ts), n a large, star-shaped cell found in certain tissues of the nervous system. A mass of astrocytes is called astroglia. See also astrocytoma. |
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3) Transsphenoidal encephaloceles contain mature neuroglial cells with a varying degree of gliosis, in which astrocytes have divided and formed fibrillary networks called glial scar tissue. In the brain, inappropriate cytokine production from microglial cells and/or astrocytes is now recognized as an early component of many posmatal neurologic diseases (Bell and Hallenbeck 2002; Cacci et al. After the transplantation into the brains of young mice, the neural precursor cells give rise to functioning neurons and astrocytes, a star-shaped cell of the brain and spinal cord. |
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