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http://nro.sagepub.com/content/18/6/567.abstract?etoc
Abstract
Astrocytes respond to all forms of CNS
insult and disease by becoming reactive, a nonspecific but highly
characteristic response
that involves various morphological and molecular
changes. Probably the most recognized aspect of reactive astrocytes is
the
formation of a glial scar that impedes axon
regeneration. Although the reactive phenotype was first suggested more
than 100
years ago based on morphological changes, the
remodeling process is not well understood. We know little about the
actual structure
of a reactive astrocyte, how an astrocyte remodels
during the progression of an insult, and how populations of these cells
reorganize to form the glial scar. New methods of
labeling astrocytes, along with transgenic mice, allow the complete
morphology
of reactive astrocytes to be visualized. Recent
studies show that reactivity can induce a remarkable change in the shape
of
a single astrocyte, that not all astrocytes react
in the same way, and t
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