Morphology and Properties of Astrocytes

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 686, Issue , 2011, Pages 69-100

  Nag, Sukriti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 4; Astrocyte; Brain edema; Calcium; Cerebral blood flow; Connexin43; Gap junctions; GFAP; Gliotransmitters; Glutamate; Neural progenitor cells; Synaptic transmission; Synaptogenesis; Tripartite synapse

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CALCIUM; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79957771229     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-938-3_3     Document Type: Chapter

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