Astrocytic control of synaptic transmission and plasticity: a target for drugs of abuse?

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 83-90

  Haydon, Philip G ^a,b   Blendy, Julie ^a   Moss, Stephen J ^a,b   Rob Jackson, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; CB 1; Cocaine; GABAB; Glia; Gliotransmission; mGluR5; Synaptic plasticity; Tripartite synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STREET DRUGS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 58049155415     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.06.050     Document Type: Review

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