Is neuronal communication with NG2 cells synaptic or extrasynaptic?

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-17

  Maldonado, Paloma P ^a,b,c   Vélez Fort, Mateo ^a,b,c   Angulo, María Cecilia ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Extrasynaptic transmission; GABA(A, slow); Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs); Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; DEMYELINATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTRASYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL; NG2 EXPRESSING GLIAL CELL; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; REVIEW; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79958212485     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01350.x     Document Type: Review

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