Astrocyte lineage cells are essential for functional neuronal differentiation and synapse maturation in human iPSC-derived neural networks

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Does rapid and physiological astrocyte-neuron signalling amplify epileptic activity?

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Astrocyte Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: New Tools for Neurological Disorder Research

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Development and function of human cerebral cortex neural networks from pluripotent stem cells in vitro

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Glia in mammalian development and disease

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Progressive maturation of silent synapses governs the duration of a critical period

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Astrocytes Control Synapse Formation, Function, and Elimination

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Alzheimer's disease-related amyloid-β induces synaptotoxicity in human iPS cell-derived neurons

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Long-term electrophysiological activity and pharmacological response of a human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neuron and astrocyte co-culture

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Comparison and Optimization of hiPSC Forebrain Cortical Differentiation Protocols

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Astrocytes refine cortical connectivity at dendritic spines

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Astroglial cells regulate the developmental timeline of human neurons differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells

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Glia and epilepsy: excitability and inflammation

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C-terminal fragment of N-cadherin accelerates synapse destabilization by amyloid-β

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Human cerebral cortex development from pluripotent stem cells to functional excitatory synapses

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MAGUKs, Synaptic Development, and Synaptic Plasticity

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Regulation of synaptic connectivity by glia

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In vivo two-photon imaging of sensory-evoked dendritic calcium signals in cortical neurons

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Role of Astrocytes, Soluble Factors, Cells Adhesion Molecules and Neurotrophins in Functional Synapse Formation: Implications for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Neurons

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Role of glial cells in the formation and maintenance of synapses

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Marked differences in cholesterol synthesis between neurons and glial cells from postnatal rats

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Tripartite synapses: astrocytes process and control synaptic information

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