The action of thyroid hormones (THs) in the brain is strictly regulated, since these hormones
play a crucial role in the development and physiological functioning of the central nervous …

Intermediate filament (IF) proteins constitute an extremely large multigene family of
developmentally and tissue-regulated cytoskeleton proteins abundant in most vertebrate cell …

Intermediate filaments (IFs) are a major component of the cytoskeleton in astrocytes. Their
role is far from being completely understood. Immature astrocytes play a major role in …

The development and functioning of the nervous system are known to be influenced in
various ways by endocrine signals. In turn, neural tissue modulates internal homeostasis …

Significant progress has been made over the past 2 decades toward understanding the
molecular basis of thyroid hormone action. It is now widely accepted that thyroid hormones …

Astrocytes, initially described as merely support cells, are now known as a heterogeneous
population of cells actively involved in a variety of biological functions such as: neuronal …

Thyroid hormone (T3) regulates the growth and differentiation of rat cerebellar astrocytes.
Previously, we have demonstrated that these effects are due, at least in part, to the …

Thyroid hormone (T3) plays a crucial role in several steps of cerebellar ontogenesis. By
using a neuron-astrocyte coculture model, we have investigated the effects of T3-treated …

Astrocyte cells clearly play a role in neural development, but nowadays their total action is
seen as a far wider one. Recent findings consider them as stem cells, involved in the control …

Thyroid hormones (TH s) play key roles in brain development and function. The lack of TH s
during childhood is associated with the impairment of several neuronal connections …