Protocol for Three-dimensional Confocal Morphometric Analysis of Astrocytes

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11 декабря 2015 г.

10.3791/53113-v

11 декабря 2015 г.

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Maryam Bagheri¹ , Arjang Rezakhani¹ , Mehrdad Roghani² , Mohammad T. Joghataei³^,⁴ , Simin Mohseni¹

¹Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, ²Neurophysiology Research Center, Shahed University, ³Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, ⁴School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences

Astrocytes in the CNS change their functional and structural properties in response to harmful stimuli. This report presents a protocol for assessment of three-dimensional astrocyte morphology in diseased conditions or after therapeutic interventions.