Astrocytes of the Brain: Retinue Plays the King

Origin and Evolution of the Nervous System: New Data from Comparative Whole Genome Studies of Multicellular Animals

(2022) V. E. Dyakonova   Russian Journal of Developmental Biology

Müller Glia-Mediated Retinal Regeneration

(2021) Hui Gao et al.   MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

The role of astrocyte‐mediated plasticity in neural circuit development and function

(2021) Nelson A. Perez-Catalan et al.   Neural Development

Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Astrocytes: A Role in Parkinson’s Disease?

(2021) Collin M. Bantle et al.   Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

In vivo chemical reprogramming of astrocytes into neurons

(2021) Yantao Ma et al.   Cell Discovery

Radial Glial Cells: New Views on Old Questions

(2021) Jon I. Arellano et al.   NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH

Neuronal replacement: Concepts, achievements, and call for caution

(2021) Magdalena Götz et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Heterogeneity and Development of Fine Astrocyte Morphology Captured by Diffraction-Limited Microscopy

(2021) Daniel Minge et al.   Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Conservation and divergence of vulnerability and responses to stressors between human and mouse astrocytes

(2021) Jiwen Li et al.   Nature Communications

Heterogeneity of neurons reprogrammed from spinal cord astrocytes by the proneural factors Ascl1 and Neurogenin2

(2021) J. Kempf et al.   Cell Reports

Neurovascular Coupling in Development and Disease: Focus on Astrocytes

(2021) Teresa L. Stackhouse et al.   Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

The Role of Astrocytes in the Neurorepair Process

(2021) Raphaela Almeida Chiareli et al.   Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Astrocyte-Neuron Signaling in Synaptogenesis

(2021) Lili Shan et al.   Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

In vivo confusion over in vivo conversion

(2021) Gong Chen   MOLECULAR THERAPY

Fear learning induces α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated astrocytic responsiveness that is required for memory persistence

(2021) Kuan Zhang et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The “Neuro-Glial-Vascular” Unit: The Role of Glia in Neurovascular Unit Formation and Dysfunction

(2021) Elisabeth C. Kugler et al.   Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Astrocytic microdomains from mouse cortex gain molecular control over long-term information storage and memory retention

(2021) Beatrice Vignoli et al.   Communications Biology

Astrocyte senescence promotes glutamate toxicity in cortical neurons

(2020) Chandani Limbad et al.   PLoS One

Regionally Distinct Astrocytes Display Unique Transcription Factor Profiles in the Adult Brain

(2020) Brittney Lozzi et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Glial evolution as a determinant of human behavior and its disorders

(2020) Steven A. Goldman   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Glia-to-Neuron Conversion by CRISPR-CasRx Alleviates Symptoms of Neurological Disease in Mice

(2020) Haibo Zhou et al.   CELL

Astrocyte layers in the mammalian cerebral cortex revealed by a single-cell in situ transcriptomic map

(2020) Omer Ali Bayraktar et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Differential Proliferation and Maturation of Subcortical Astrocytes During Postnatal Development

(2020) Temitope Shoneye et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

A Widespread Neurogenic Potential of Neocortical Astrocytes Is Induced by Injury

(2020) Margherita Zamboni et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Reversing a model of Parkinson’s disease with in situ converted nigral neurons

(2020) Hao Qian et al.   NATURE

CD49f Is a Novel Marker of Functional and Reactive Human iPSC-Derived Astrocytes

(2020) Lilianne Barbar et al.   NEURON

Activation of a neural stem cell transcriptional program in parenchymal astrocytes

(2020) Jens P Magnusson et al.   eLife

Astrocyte Reactivity: Subtypes, States, and Functions in CNS Innate Immunity

(2020) Michael V. Sofroniew   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Neurogenesis After Stroke: A Therapeutic Perspective

(2020) Abir A. Rahman et al.   Translational Stroke Research

Astrocytes phagocytose adult hippocampal synapses for circuit homeostasis

(2020) Joon-Hyuk Lee et al.   NATURE

Therapeutic Strategies to Target Calcium Dysregulation in Alzheimer’s Disease

(2020) Maria Calvo-Rodriguez et al.   Cells

Astrocytic Connexin43 Channels as Candidate Targets in Epilepsy Treatment

(2020) Laura Walrave et al.   Biomolecules

CRISPR-Mediated Induction of Neuron-Enriched Mitochondrial Proteins Boosts Direct Glia-to-Neuron Conversion

(2020) Gianluca L. Russo et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Astrocyte function from information processing to cognition and cognitive impairment

(2019) Mirko Santello et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The role of astrocytes on the effects of exercise on episodic memory function

(2019) PD Loprinzi   Physiology International

Chemical Conversion of Human Fetal Astrocytes into Neurons through Modulation of Multiple Signaling Pathways

(2019) Jiu-Chao Yin et al.   Stem Cell Reports

Astrogliogenesis in human fetal brain: complex spatiotemporal immunoreactivity patterns of GFAP , S100, AQP 4 and YKL ‐40

(2019) Camilla Bjørnbak Holst et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Astrocyte morphology: Diversity, plasticity, and role in neurological diseases

(2019) Bin Zhou et al.   CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics

Sonic Hedgehog Effectively Improves Oct4-Mediated Reprogramming of Astrocytes into Neural Stem Cells

(2019) Hao Yang et al.   MOLECULAR THERAPY

Molecularly defined cortical astroglia subpopulation modulates neurons via secretion of Norrin

(2019) Sean J. Miller et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Astroglial Calcium Signaling in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

(2019) Alexei Verkhratsky   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The Emerging Nature of Astrocyte Diversity

(2019) Baljit S. Khakh et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

FGF Signaling Directs the Cell Fate Switch from Neurons to Astrocytes in the Developing Mouse Cerebral Cortex

(2019) Tung Anh Dinh Duong et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Transcriptome Analysis of Small Molecule–Mediated Astrocyte-to-Neuron Reprogramming

(2019) Ning-Xin Ma et al.   Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

A NeuroD1 AAV-Based Gene Therapy for Functional Brain Repair after Ischemic Injury through In Vivo Astrocyte-to-Neuron Conversion

(2019) Yu-Chen Chen et al.   MOLECULAR THERAPY

Conserved cell types with divergent features in human versus mouse cortex

(2019) Rebecca D. Hodge et al.   NATURE

Astrocytes as the Elements of the Regulation of Higher Brain Functions

(2019) O. A. Gomazkov   Neurochemical Journal

Strategies for in vivo reprogramming

(2019) Andreas Ofenbauer et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Astrocytic Activation Generates De Novo Neuronal Potentiation and Memory Enhancement

(2018) Adar Adamsky et al.   CELL

Astrocytes, neurons, synapses: a tripartite view on cortical circuit development

(2018) Isabella Farhy-Tselnicker et al.   Neural Development

Physiology of Astroglia

(2018) Alexei Verkhratsky et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Astrocyte networks modulate respiration – sniffing glue

(2018) David Forsberg et al.   RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY

New approaches for brain repair—from rescue to reprogramming

(2018) Roger A. Barker et al.   NATURE

AnimalTFDB 3.0: a comprehensive resource for annotation and prediction of animal transcription factors

(2018) Hui Hu et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Expression of genes for neurotransmitter transporters in astrocytes in different brain regions in experiment

(2018) N. N. Shusharina et al.   Zhurnal Nevrologii I Psikhiatrii imeni S S Korsakova

Glial-Neuron Transformation by “Chemical Cocktail”

(2018) Gaurav Das et al.   ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Intracortical astrocyte subpopulations defined by astrocyte reporter Mice in the adult brain

(2018) Lydie Morel et al.   GLIA

Cortical interlaminar astrocytes across the therian mammal radiation

(2018) Carmen Falcone et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms underlying astrocyte identity

(2018) Maria Angeliki S. Pavlou et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Elevated FOXG1 and SOX2 in glioblastoma enforces neural stem cell identity through transcriptional control of cell cycle and epigenetic regulators

(2017) Harry Bulstrode et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

SOX9 Is an Astrocyte-Specific Nuclear Marker in the Adult Brain Outside the Neurogenic Regions

(2017) Wei Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Astrocytic neuroligins control astrocyte morphogenesis and synaptogenesis

(2017) Jeff A. Stogsdill et al.   NATURE

Induction of functional dopamine neurons from human astrocytes in vitro and mouse astrocytes in a Parkinson's disease model

(2017) Pia Rivetti di Val Cervo et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Neurovascular Unit Coming of Age: A Journey through Neurovascular Coupling in Health and Disease

(2017) Costantino Iadecola   NEURON

Cell Biology of Astrocyte-Synapse Interactions

(2017) Nicola J. Allen et al.   NEURON

Astrocytic control of synaptic function

(2017) Thomas Papouin et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Three-dimensional Ca2+imaging advances understanding of astrocyte biology

(2017) Erika Bindocci et al.   SCIENCE

The Role of Astrocytes in Neuroprotection after Brain Stroke: Potential in Cell Therapy

(2017) Andrea Becerra-Calixto et al.   Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Stars from the darkest night: unlocking the neurogenic potential of astrocytes in different brain regions

(2016) Jens P. Magnusson et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A comparative view of regenerative neurogenesis in vertebrates

(2016) Alessandro Alunni et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The search for true numbers of neurons and glial cells in the human brain: A review of 150 years of cell counting

(2016) Christopher S. von Bartheld et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

In Vivo Reprogramming for CNS Repair: Regenerating Neurons from Endogenous Glial Cells

(2016) Hedong Li et al.   NEURON

Purification and Characterization of Progenitor and Mature Human Astrocytes Reveals Transcriptional and Functional Differences with Mouse

(2016) Ye Zhang et al.   NEURON

Local production of astrocytes in the cerebral cortex

(2016) W.-P. Ge et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Astrocytic β2-adrenergic receptors mediate hippocampal long-term memory consolidation

(2016) Virginia Gao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Astrocyte morphology is confined by cortical functional boundaries in mammals ranging from mice to human

(2016) Raya Eilam et al.   eLife

Single-Cell Transcriptomics Reveals a Population of Dormant Neural Stem Cells that Become Activated upon Brain Injury

(2015) Enric Llorens-Bobadilla et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Astrocyte development: A Guide for the Perplexed

(2015) Anna Victoria Molofsky et al.   GLIA

Ascl1 Converts Dorsal Midbrain Astrocytes into Functional Neurons In Vivo

(2015) Y. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Reactive Astrogliosis Causes the Development of Spontaneous Seizures

(2015) S. Robel et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Formation and maintenance of the BBB

(2015) Marie Blanchette et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

Diversity of astrocyte functions and phenotypes in neural circuits

(2015) Baljit S Khakh et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Role of astrocytes in alterations of glutamatergic neurotransmission in schizophrenia

(2015) N. S. Kolomeets   Zhurnal Nevrologii I Psikhiatrii imeni S S Korsakova

Ascl1 Coordinately Regulates Gene Expression and the Chromatin Landscape during Neurogenesis

(2015) Alexandre A.S.F. Raposo et al.   Cell Reports

Diverse subtypes of astrocytes and their development during corticogenesis

(2015) Hidenori Tabata   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Temporal Patterns of Cortical Proliferation of Glial Cell Populations after Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice

(2014) Bala T.S. Susarla et al.   ASN Neuro

Activity-Dependent Structural Plasticity of Perisynaptic Astrocytic Domains Promotes Excitatory Synapse Stability

(2014) Yann Bernardinelli et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mechanisms of astrocyte development and their contributions to neurodevelopmental disorders

(2014) Steven A Sloan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Phenotypic Heterogeneity and Plasticity of Isocortical and Hippocampal Astrocytes in the Human Brain

(2014) A. A. Sosunov et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Gliotransmitters Travel in Time and Space

(2014) Alfonso Araque et al.   NEURON

Glial Cells as Progenitors and Stem Cells: New Roles in the Healthy and Diseased Brain

(2014) Leda Dimou et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

A latent neurogenic program in astrocytes regulated by Notch signaling in the mouse

(2014) J. P. Magnusson et al.   SCIENCE

Astrocyte Development and Heterogeneity

(2014) Omer Ali Bayraktar et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Reactive Glia in the Injured Brain Acquire Stem Cell Properties in Response to Sonic Hedgehog

(2013) Swetlana Sirko et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Forebrain Engraftment by Human Glial Progenitor Cells Enhances Synaptic Plasticity and Learning in Adult Mice

(2013) Xiaoning Han et al.   Cell Stem Cell

In Vivo Direct Reprogramming of Reactive Glial Cells into Functional Neurons after Brain Injury and in an Alzheimer’s Disease Model

(2013) Ziyuan Guo et al.   Cell Stem Cell

A star is born: new insights into the mechanism of astrogenesis

(2013) Regina Kanski et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Expression profiling of Aldh1l1-precursors in the developing spinal cord reveals glial lineage-specific genes and direct Sox9-Nfe2l1 interactions

(2013) Anna V. Molofsky et al.   GLIA

In vivo reprogramming of astrocytes to neuroblasts in the adult brain

(2013) Wenze Niu et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Generation of induced neurons via direct conversion in vivo

(2013) O. Torper et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Astroglial Excitability and Gliotransmission: An Appraisal of Ca2+ as a Signalling Route

(2012) Robert Zorec et al.   ASN Neuro

Clonal Identity Determines Astrocyte Cortical Heterogeneity

(2012) Jorge García-Marqués et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Direct reprogramming of human astrocytes into neural stem cells and neurons

(2012) Stefania Corti et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Coincident Generation of Pyramidal Neurons and Protoplasmic Astrocytes in Neocortical Columns

(2012) S. Magavi et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Genomic Analysis of Reactive Astrogliosis

(2012) J. L. Zamanian et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Self-Renewal and Differentiation of Reactive Astrocyte-Derived Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells Isolated from the Cortical Peri-Infarct Area after Stroke

(2012) I. S. Shimada et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Cell Cycle Activation and Aneuploid Neurons in Alzheimer's Disease

(2012) Thomas Arendt   MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

Astrocyte glypicans 4 and 6 promote formation of excitatory synapses via GluA1 AMPA receptors

(2012) Nicola J. Allen et al.   NATURE

Sox9 and NFIA Coordinate a Transcriptional Regulatory Cascade during the Initiation of Gliogenesis

(2012) Peng Kang et al.   NEURON

Extracellular Ca2+ Acts as a Mediator of Communication from Neurons to Glia

(2012) A. Torres et al.   Science Signaling

Bidirectional Coupling between Astrocytes and Neurons Mediates Learning and Dynamic Coordination in the Brain: A Multiple Modeling Approach

(2011) John J. Wade et al.   PLoS One

Direct conversion of fibroblasts to functional neurons by defined factors

(2010) Thomas Vierbuchen et al.   NATURE

Specification and Morphogenesis of Astrocytes

(2010) M. R. Freeman   SCIENCE

Astrocytes: biology and pathology

(2009) Michael V. Sofroniew et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

The Glial Nature of Embryonic and Adult Neural Stem Cells

(2009) Arnold Kriegstein et al.   Annual Review of Neuroscience

Committed Neuronal Precursors Confer Astrocytic Potential on Residual Neural Precursor Cells

(2009) Masakazu Namihira et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Developmental and post-injury cortical gliogenesis: A Genetic fate-mapping study with Nestin-CreER mice

(2009) Kevin A. Burns et al.   GLIA

Uniquely Hominid Features of Adult Human Astrocytes

(2009) N. A. Oberheim et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Polycomb Limits the Neurogenic Competence of Neural Precursor Cells to Promote Astrogenic Fate Transition

(2009) Yusuke Hirabayashi et al.   NEURON

Fate determination of adult human glial progenitor cells

(2009) Fraser J. Sim et al.   Neuron Glia Biology

Changing numbers of neuronal and non-neuronal cells underlie postnatal brain growth in the rat

(2009) F. Bandeira et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tripartite synapses: astrocytes process and control synaptic information

(2009) Gertrudis Perea et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Identification of Positionally Distinct Astrocyte Subtypes whose Identities Are Specified by a Homeodomain Code

(2008) Christian Hochstim et al.   CELL

A Specialized Vascular Niche for Adult Neural Stem Cells

(2008) Masoud Tavazoie et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Adult SVZ Stem Cells Lie in a Vascular Niche: A Quantitative Analysis of Niche Cell-Cell Interactions

(2008) Qin Shen et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Gap Junction-Mediated Astrocytic Networks in the Mouse Barrel Cortex

(2008) V. Houades et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A quantitative assessment of glutamate uptake into hippocampal synaptic terminals and astrocytes: New insights into a neuronal role for excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2)

(2008) D.N. Furness et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Astrocyte-Specific Genes Are Generally Demethylated in Neural Precursor Cells Prior to Astrocytic Differentiation

(2008) Izuho Hatada et al.   PLoS One

Origin and progeny of reactive gliosis: A source of multipotent cells in the injured brain

(2008) A. Buffo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neocortical glial cell numbers in human brains

(2007) D.P. Pelvig et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING