Astrocytes, from brain glue to communication elements: the revolution continues.

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Published in Nat Rev Neurosci on August 01, 2005

Authors

Andrea Volterra1, Jacopo Meldolesi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cell Biology and Morphology, University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 9, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland. andrea.volterra@unil.ch

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