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astrogliosis

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astrogliosis
inflammation of the astroglia; proliferation of astrocytes and their processes.
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Its origin is unknown but a main role of reactive astrogliosis and microglia activation in the pathogenesis has been recently demonstrated.
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Brain tissues from animals show an innate inflammatory process consisting of reactive astrogliosis and activated microglia, resembling that found in brain tissue donated from deceased persons who had autism.
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1989), and chronic lead exposure in rats has been found to induce astrogliosis in the hippocampus and cerebellum (Selvin-Testa et al.
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