Astrocytes and human cognition: Modeling information integration and modulation of neuronal activity

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 405-420

  Pereira, Alfredo ^a   Furlan, Fábio Augusto ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de Marilia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Calcium waves; Glia; Glutamate; Information processing; Tripartite synapse

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COGNITION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATICS; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ASTROCYTES; BEHAVIOR; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COGNITION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77956297937     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2010.07.001     Document Type: Review

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