The role of nucleotides in the neuron-glia communication responsible for the brain functions

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1447-1458

  Inoue, Kazuhide ^a   Koizumi, Schuichi ^b   Tsuda, Makoto ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; ATP receptors; Chemotaxis; Microglia; Pain; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE P2 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2X RECEPTOR; PURINE P2X1 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2X2 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2X3 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2X4 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2X5 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2X6 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2X7 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y1 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y11 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y12 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y13 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y14 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y2 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y4 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y6 RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID; TRINITROPHENYL ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CAPILLARY WALL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SECRETION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 34547886861     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04824.x     Document Type: Review

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