NMDA receptors mediate neuron-to-glia signaling in mouse cortical astrocytes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2673-2683

  Lalo, Ulyana ^a   Pankratov, Yuri ^a   Kirchhoff, Frank ^b,c   North, R Alan ^a   Verkhratsky, Alexei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cortex; GFAP GFP mice; Mg2+ insensitivity; Neuronal glial interactions; NMDA receptors

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 3 BENZYLOXYASPARTIC ACID; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; ASPARTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIZOCILPINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GLIA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; ASTROCYTES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33644826773     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4689-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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