New roles for astrocytes: Regulation of synaptic transmission

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 536-542

  Newman, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GLIA CELL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 0141867841     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(03)00237-6     Document Type: Review

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