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Abbreviations

AQP4:

Aquaporin-4

BBB:

Blood–brain barrier

CNS:

Central nervous system

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid

ERM:

Ezrin, radixin, moesin

GABA:

Gama amino butyric acid

GFAP:

Glial fibrillary acidic protein

GFP:

Green fluorescent protein

IP3:

Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate

OAPs:

Orthogonal arrays of intramembranous particles

PAE:

Perivascular astrocytic endfeet

PAPs:

Peripheral astroglial processes

PDGF:

Platelet-derived growth factor

TTX:

Tetrodotoxin

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Gert Brückner (Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Leipzig University), for many helpful discussions. The authors are grateful to Andreas Mack and Karen Wolburg-Buchholz (University of Tübingen) for providing Fig. 10.12b. Original work related to this chapter was supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung, Forschung und Technologie, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research at the University of Leipzig, 01KS9504, Project C-05 (AR), and by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, RE 849–8/1 (AR).

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    Reichenbach, A., Wolburg, H. (2009). Structural association of astrocytes with neurons and vasculature: Defining territorial boundaries. In: Haydon, P., Parpura, V. (eds) Astrocytes in (Patho)Physiology of the Nervous System. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79492-1_10

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