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SUBMITTER: Charron G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4174038 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in aging neuroscience 20140924
The current concept of basal ganglia organization and function in physiological and pathophysiological conditions excludes the most numerous cells in the brain, i.e., the astrocytes, present with a ratio of 10:1 neuron. Their role in neurodegenerative condition such as Parkinson's disease (PD) remains to be elucidated. Before embarking into physiological investigations of the yet-to-be-identified "tripartite" synapses in the basal ganglia in general and the striatum in particular, we therefore c ...[more]