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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
astrocyte development +   
astrocyte fate commitment +   
Bergmann glial cell differentiation  
cell proliferation in forebrain +   
cerebral cortex neuron differentiation +   
diencephalon development +   
forebrain astrocyte differentiation +   
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of an astrocyte residing in the forebrain. An astrocyte is the most abundant type of glial cell. Astrocytes provide support for neurons and regulate the environment in which they function.
forebrain cell migration +   
forebrain generation of neurons +   
forebrain morphogenesis +   
forebrain regionalization +   
limbic system development +   
negative regulation of astrocyte differentiation +   
positive regulation of astrocyte differentiation +   
regulation of astrocyte differentiation +   
telencephalon development +   

Synonyms
Definition Sources: GO_REF:0000021, GOC:cls, GOC:dgh, GOC:dph, GOC:jid, PMID:16226447

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