Glutamate-dependent astrocyte modulation of synaptic transmission between cultured hippocampal neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2129-2142

  Araque, Alfonso ^a   Parpura, Vladimir ^a   Sanzgiri, Rita P ^a   Haydon, Philip G ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte neuron signalling; Calcium waves; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; NMDA receptors; Rat hippocampal synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL STIMULATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROINJECTION; MODULATION; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031867098     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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