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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
Using in vitro cultures of dissociated brain neurons and astrocytes, we have compared the morphologies of mesencephalic and striatal neurons cultured for two days on mesencephalic and striatal astrocytes in the four possible combinations. From these comparisons, it appears that: 1. Neurons grown on co-regionalized (homotopic) astrocytes have more primary neurites and branching points than neurons grown on heterotopic astrocytes. 2. The total neuritic length is only slightly affected by the type of co-culture. 3. The branched arborization which develop faster on homotopic astrocytes present several dendritic features. Following these morphological observations, we have been able to demonstrate: 1. That mesencephalic astrocytes (but not striatal astrocytes) secrete trypsin sensitive factors different from laminin and FGF that increase the number of primary neurites and branching points but have no or little effect on total neuritic length. 2. That mesencephalic astrocytes (but not striatal astrocytes) present at their surface a 190 KD glycoprotein specifically recognized by the fucose-specific lectin UEA.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0021-7948
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
291-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Further studies on the role of astroglia in brain neurons maturation and morphogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Chaire de Neuropharmacologie, INSERM U.114, Collège de France, Paris.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article