Perisynaptic asymmetry of glia: New insights into glutamate signalling

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 492-494

  Rusakov, Dmitri A ^a   Lehre, Knut Petter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; DENDRITE; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPIL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0036774060     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(02)02230-0     Document Type: Review

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