Can diffuse extrasynaptic signaling form a guiding template?

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-33

  Semyanov, Alexey ^a,b  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Extrasynaptic communication; GABA; Glutamate; Information processing; Spillover; Volume transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNEURON; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 36849017975     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.07.021     Document Type: Article

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