A change in morphology and behavior of an astrocyte resulting from exposure to a cytokine, chemokine, cellular ligand, or soluble factor. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10526094 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12580336 GOC:mgi_curators http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9585813 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12529254 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10695728 ]
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- glial cell activation
- cell activation
- has primary input some astrocyte
- part of some astrocyte development