Recent advances in (patho)physiology of astroglia

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1044-1054

  Verkhratsky, Alexei ^a,b   Parpura, Vladimir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

astrocyte; gliotransmission; neurodegeneration; neuroglia; neuropathology

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; ASPARTIC ACID; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; HOMOCYSTEIC ACID; PROTEOGLYCAN; PURINERGIC P2X7 RECEPTOR; TAURINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL SWELLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPOLARIZATION; DEPRESSION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPILEPSY; EXCITABILITY; EXOCYTOSIS; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; ISCHEMIA; MACROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 77956378268     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2010.108     Document Type: Review

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