Astrocytes as regulators of synaptic function: A quest for the Ca2+ master Key

Neuroscientist

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 513-523

  Rusakov, Dmitri A ^a   Zheng, Kaiyu ^a   Henneberger, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

astrocyte; glia neuron communication; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN STEM; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MACROGLIA; MACROMOLECULE; NANOIMAGING; NERVE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80054031488     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858410387304     Document Type: Review

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