Astrocyte-Neuron Interactions in Health and Disease

Elena Blanco-Suarez, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Neuroscience and Neurological Surgery at the Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience in Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia.

Isabella Farhy-Tselnicker, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology in Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

Drs. Blanco-Suarez and Farhy-Tselnicker trained together as postdoctoral fellows, becoming experts in astrocyte-neuron interactions during development and synaptic maturation in mouse models. In 2020, both started their independent careers as Assistant Professors. Dr. Blanco-Suarez's research focuses on the study of astrocyte-mediated neuroplasticity in the context of ischemic stroke, while Dr. Farhy-Tselnicker's lab investigates astrocyte-neuron interactions necessary to shape synapse development and activity. With this book, they brought in experts from across the globe to give current insights into how the crosstalk between astrocytes and neurons is essential for shaping the central nervous system and constitutes a very interesting target for future investigations in disease and injury.

Elena Blanco-Suarez 博士是費城托馬斯傑佛遜大學 Vickie 和 Jack Farber 神經科學研究所神經科學與神經外科系的助理教授。

Isabella Farhy-Tselnicker 博士是德州 A&M 大學生物系的助理教授，位於德州科利奇站。

Blanco-Suarez 博士和 Farhy-Tselnicker 博士曾共同接受博士後訓練，成為小鼠模型中發育和突觸成熟過程中星形膠質細胞與神經元相互作用的專家。2020 年，兩人開始了各自的獨立助理教授職涯。Blanco-Suarez 博士的研究專注於缺血性中風背景下星形膠質細胞介導的神經可塑性，而 Farhy-Tselnicker 博士的實驗室則研究星形膠質細胞與神經元之間的相互作用，這對於塑造突觸的發展和活動是必要的。藉由這本書，她們邀請了來自全球的專家，提供有關星形膠質細胞與神經元之間的交互作用如何對塑造中樞神經系統至關重要的最新見解，並成為未來在疾病和損傷研究中非常有趣的目標。