Nonfunctional glial proteins in tripartite synapses: A pathophysiological model of schizophrenia

Neuroscientist

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 192-198

  Mitterauer, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aberrant glial binding proteins; Loss of conceptual boundaries; Loss of glial boundary setting function; Schizophrenic symptomatology; Tripartite synapses; Unbalance of neurotransmission

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GLIA CELL; INTRON; MODEL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE ENDING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNAPSE; TRIPARTITE SYNAPSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEUROGLIA; PROTEINS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 18844368796     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858404265745     Document Type: Article

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