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Triggering Reactive Gliosis In Vivo by a Forebrain Stab Injury
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Elongation of spinal cord reactive astrocytes via LRP1/TRK signaling
Francisco Javier Rodriguez-Jimenez1, Francisca Selles1, Pavla Jendelova2
1Stem Cell Therapies in Neurodegenerative Diseases Lab, Research Center "Principe Felipe, Valencia, Spain.
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
|June 1, 2026
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