High-concentration rapid transients of glutamate mediate neural-glial communication via ectopic release

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 33, 2005, Pages 7538-7547

  Matsui, Ko ^a   Jahr, Craig E ^a   Rubio, Maria E ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann glial cell; Ectopic release; Glutamate; Immunogold electron microscopy; Purkinje cell; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BINDING KINETICS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 23844469720     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1927-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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