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. 2023 Jan;18(1):131-132.
doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.340405.

Astrocyte evolution and human specificity

Carmen Falcone  1 , Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño  2
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Astrocyte evolution and human specificity

Carmen Falcone et al. Neural Regen Res. 2023 Jan.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Astrocyte subtypes in the human cerebral cortex. Protoplasmic, fibrous, pial and subpial ILAs, and VP-As. ILAs: Interlaminar astrocytes; GM: grey matter; VP-As: varicose-projection astrocytes; WM: white matter.
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