title: Astrocytes: The Final Frontier….
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Zhang et al. (2016) develop a novel approach to generate populations of human astrocytes to uncover their uniquely human traits.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kelley
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0AH, UK. Electronic address: dhr25@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Rowitch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D017628:Microglia / Q000166:cytology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology*; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000166:cytology*