Title: reactive astrocyte
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - reactive astrocyte
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.11615
Status: current

Definition
Astrocyte that, after injury or excessive neural activity, undergoes morphological (including extension of pseudopodia) and biochemical (notably increased synthesis of glial fibrillary acidic protein) changes and participates in astrocytic scar formation.

Related Terms
- Astrocyte: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11614
- astrocytic scar: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11616
- glial fibrillary acidic protein: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11787

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 850 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

Other Outputs
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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11615/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11615/xml

Citation: Citation: 'reactive astrocyte' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11615
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