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Genetic approaches to study glial cells in the rodent brain.

Michal Slezak
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The development, function, and pathology of the brain depend on interactions of neurons and different types of glial cells, namely astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia, and ependymal cells. Understanding neuron-glia interactions in vivo requires dedicated experimental approaches to manipulate each cell type independently. In this review, we first summarize techniques that allow for cell-specific gene modification including targeted mutagenesis and viral transduction. In the second part, we describe the genetic models that allow to target the main glial cell types in the central nervous system. The existing arsenal of approaches to study glial cells in vivo and its expansion in the future are key to understand neuron-glia interactions under normal and pathologic conditions.

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hal-02875979 , version 1 (19-06-2020)

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Frank Pfrieger, Michal Slezak. Genetic approaches to study glial cells in the rodent brain.. Glia, 2011, 60 (5), pp.681-701. ⟨10.1002/glia.22283⟩. ⟨hal-02875979⟩

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