Oligodendrocytes changing the rules: Action potentials in glia and oligodendrocytes controlling action potentials

Neuroscientist

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 540-543

  Fields, R Douglas ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; DTI; Hippocampus; Ischemia; Myelin; Oligodendrocyte; OPC; Spike timing plasticity

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STIMULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EXCITATION; EXCITOTOXICITY; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION; LATENT PERIOD; MYELINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECORDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPIKE; STEM CELL; SYNAPSE; WHITE MATTER; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 57449101499     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858408320294     Document Type: Review

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