Astrocytes are required for the oscillatory activity in cultured hippocampal neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2793-2800

  Verderio, Claudia ^a   Bacci, Alberto ^a   Coco, Silvia ^a   Pravettoni, Elena ^a   Fumagalli, Guido ^b   Matteoli, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Glutamate transporters; Oscillations; Rat hippocampal neurons; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

2,4 PYRROLIDINEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; DIHYDROKAINIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FETUS; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; KAINIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; OSCILLOMETRY; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PYRROLIDINES; RATS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032838877     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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