Astrocytes control neuronal excitability in the nucleus accumbens

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Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 89-97

  Fellin, Tommaso ^a   D'Ascenzo, Marcello ^b   Haydon, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Drug addiction; Glia; Gliotransmission; Glutamate; Glutamate release; Medium spiny neurons; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Neuronal excitability

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ASTROCYTE; BEHAVIOR; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL ACTIVITY; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MODULATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPSE;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE;

EID: 37249054686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.195     Document Type: Short Survey

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