Calcium elevation in astrocytes causes an NMDA receptordependent increase in the frequency of miniature synaptic currents in cultured hippocampal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 6822-6829

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

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte neuron signaling; Calcium cage photolysis; Calcium waves; Hippocampal synaptic transmission; Miniature synaptic currents; NMDA glutamate receptors

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032171558     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-17-06822.1998     Document Type: Article

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