Functional specialization and topographic segregation of hippocampal astrocytes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4425-4438

  D'Ambrosio, Raimondo ^a   Wenzel, Jurgen ^a   Schwartzkroin, Philip A ^a   McKhann II, Guy M ^a   Janigro, Damir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell to cell coupling; Extracellular space; Glia neuronal interactions; Ion homeostasis; Oligodendroglia; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL LABELING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032526704     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-12-04425.1998     Document Type: Article

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