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Astrocytes and Brain Mapping

From connectomes to gliomes.

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The connectome project treats neurons and their connections as the unit of analysis. A more complete atlas will require mapping astrocyte populations and their networks.

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An expanded atlas

Single-cell transcriptomics is producing region-specific astrocyte atlases with unprecedented resolution.180,216



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Primary literature

AMA numeric style. Citation numbers are unified across the Nirva Life ecosystem — the same number refers to the same reference across every library article. Full registry is anchored in the Cornerstone Paper.

  1. 180.Khakh BS, Deneen B. The emerging nature of astrocyte diversity. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2019;42:187-207. PubMed ↗
  2. 216.Kastanenka KV, Moreno-Bote R, De Pittà M, et al. A roadmap to integrate astrocytes into systems neuroscience. Glia. 2020;68(1):5-26. PubMed ↗

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