Recent advances in brain physiology and cognitive processing

Mens Sana Monographs

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-192

  Pereira Jr , Alfredo ^a   Pereira, Maria Alice Ornellas ^a   Furlan, Fábio Augusto ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de Marilia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Calcium Waves; Glutamate; Information Processing; Tripartite Synapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955115529     PISSN: 09731229     EISSN: 19984014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1229.77434     Document Type: Article

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