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Astrocyte-specific protein and radial glia in the cerebral cortex of newborn rat

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HERE we show that radial glia directing neuronal migration in the cerebral cortex during development can respond to injury with the production of a protein specific to astrocytes, and may thus be regarded as an early form of the mature astrocyte.

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BIGNAMI, A., DAHL, D. Astrocyte-specific protein and radial glia in the cerebral cortex of newborn rat. Nature 252, 55–56 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252055a0

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