Eph receptors and ephrins in neuron-astrocyte communication at synapses

GLIA

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1567-1578

  Murai, Keith K ^a   Pasquale, Elena B ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spine; Glia; Glutamate transporter; Hippocampus; Plasticity; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; DENDRITES; EPHRIN-A3; EPHRINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 80052789413     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.21226     Document Type: Review

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