Three-dimensional relationships between hippocampal synapses and astrocytes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 6897-6906

  Ventura, Rachel ^a   Harris, Kristen M ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Glutamate spillover; Long term potentiation; Multiple synapse boutons; Serial electron microscopy; Transporters

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0033566709     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-16-06897.1999     Document Type: Article

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