Electrical coupling among Bergmann glial cells and its modulation by glutamate receptor activation

GLIA

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 274-284

  Müller, Thomas ^a,c   Möller, Thomas ^a   Neuhaus, Jochen ^b   Kettenmann, Helmut ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Confocal Microscopy; Kainate; Lucifer Yellow; Neuron glia interactions; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030219458     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1136(199608)17:4<274::aid-glia2>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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