Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A star-shaped cell, especially a neuroglial cell of nervous tissue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In histology, a bone-cell or bone-corpuscle: so called on account of its starlike form.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a large star-shaped neuroglial cell in nervous tissue.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun neurology a
neuroglial cell , in the shape of astar , in thebrain
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun comparatively large neuroglial cell
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Examples
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Top, bar graph reporting the mean size of the labelled astrocyte syncytium (
PLoS Biology: New Articles Marta Gómez-Gonzalo et al. 2010
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(A) Maximal projection of a Texas Red-labelled astrocyte syncytium after patching a single astrocyte with a Texas Red-containing pipette in an EC slice.
PLoS Biology: New Articles Marta Gómez-Gonzalo et al. 2010
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The GRPs the scientists used began life as what's called astrocyte progenitor cells from healthy rat spinal cord tissue.
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The chemical message is passing from one astrocyte to the next.
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Neoplasms of the brain that originate in a particular kind of glial-cells: the star-shaped brain cells called astrocyte.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Chaff - Greg Egan Blue Tyson 2010
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Image: distinct astrocyte domains revealed in an image from the freely available selection in the Cell Centered Database.
What's New in Neuroinformatics Sandra K 2008
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Lipids in the astrocyte cell walls and very tight junctions between adjacent endothelial cells limit the passage of water-soluble molecules.
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Image: distinct astrocyte domains revealed in an image from the freely available selection in the Cell Centered Database.
Archive 2008-09-01 Sandra K 2008
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Accordingly, in pre-empting neuronal glucose utiliztion by the neuron, ketone bodies may compromise neuronal energetic efficiency and, together with both endogenously generated and diffusible ROS exported by the fatty acid-oxidizing astrocyte, promote cell injury.
Metabolism and ketosis | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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Sunnyvale-based Amarantus Therapeutics will use the funding to study the efficacy of mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF), a highly potent, neurotrophic factor currently in pre-clinical development for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2010
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This unusual disorder, first described a century ago, is now understood to be caused when the immune system mistakenly attacks a type of brain cell known as an astrocyte, which is found primarily in the optic nerve, the brainstem and spinal cord.
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