Mechanisms of glutamate release from astrocytes: Gap junction "hemichannels", purinergic receptors and exocytotic release

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 259-264

  Parpura, Vladimir ^a   Scemes, Eliana ^b   Spray, David C ^b  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Ca2+; Connexin " hemichannels"; Exocytosis; Glutamate release; P2X receptors; SNAREs; Vesicular glutamate transporters

Indexed keywords

1 [N,O BIS(5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL) N METHYLTYROSYL] 4 PHENYLPIPERAZINE; 4,4' DIISOTHIOCYANATOSTILBENE 2,2' DISULFONIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA LATROTOXIN; BAFILOMYCIN A1; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PURINE P2X7 RECEPTOR; PURINE RECEPTOR; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 23; SYNTAXIN; TETANUS TOXIN; THAPSIGARGIN;

ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; EXOCYTOSIS; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; XENOPUS;

EID: 2442549046     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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