title: Astrocyte morphology is controlled by neuron-derived FGF.
abstract: The highly ramified processes of astrocytes enable cellular interactions and extracellular homeostasis. In this issue of Neuron, Stork et al. (2014) report that extension and elaboration of astrocyte processes in Drosophila is controlled by the release of FGF by neurons.
authors.affiliation: Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: dbergles@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Dwight E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Bergles
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C102667:htl protein, Drosophila