Astroglial networks: A step further in neuroglial and gliovascular interactions

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-99

  Giaume, Christian ^a   Koulakoff, Annette ^a   Roux, Lisa ^a   Holcman, David ^b   Rouach, Nathalie ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ASTROCYTE; AUTISM; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; EPILEPSY; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MACROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; NERVE NET; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 75649138386     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2757     Document Type: Review

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