GABA, a forgotten gliotransmitter

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-303

  Angulo, María Cecilia ^a,b,c   Le Meur, Karim ^a,b,c   Kozlov, Andrei S ^d   Charpak, Serge ^a,b,c   Audinat, Etienne ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; GABA; Glial cell; Neuron glia interaction

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PUTRESCINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ACETYLATION; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GLIA CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MITRAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OPTIC NERVE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 55049104169     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2008.08.002     Document Type: Review

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