Nirva Institute · Astrocytes · Future Science
The Next Decade of Astrocyte Research
Where the field is likely to go.
Predicting the future of a field is a hazardous exercise. What is more reliable is naming the trajectories: subtype-resolved atlases, glial-aware therapeutic strategies, integration of astrocyte biology into psychiatric research, and cross-species translation.
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Reasonable trajectories
Scientific References
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.
- 180.Khakh BS, Deneen B. The emerging nature of astrocyte diversity. Annu Rev Neurosci. 2019;42:187-207. PubMed ↗
- 183.Nedergaard M, Verkhratsky A. Astrocytes in brain health and disease. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2024. PubMed ↗
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