Astrocytes and disease: a neurodevelopmental perspective.

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Published in Genes Dev on May 01, 2012

Authors

Anna V Molofsky1, Robert Krencik, Robert Krenick, Erik M Ullian, Erik Ullian, Hui-hsin Tsai, Benjamin Deneen, William D Richardson, Ben A Barres, David H Rowitch

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.

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