Intracellular calcium oscillations in astrocytes: A highly plastic, bidirectional form of communication between neurons and astrocytes in situ

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 7817-7830

  Pasti, Lucia ^a   Volterra, Andrea ^b   Pozzan, Tullio ^a   Carmignoto, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Confocal microscopy; Hippocampus; Intracellular calcium oscillations; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; Neurotransmitter release; Synaptic plasticity; Tetanus toxin; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; TETANUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030820823     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-20-07817.1997     Document Type: Article

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