Memory in astrocytes: A hypothesis

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-10

  Caudle, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNCYTIUM;

EID: 33646263340     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-3-1     Document Type: Article

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