Neuroglial plasticity at striatal glutamatergic synapses in Parkinson's disease

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUGUST 2011, 2011, Pages

  Villalba, Rosa M ^a   Smith, Yoland ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Corticostriatal; Glia; MPTP; Non human primates; Striatum; Thalamostriatal; Tripartite synapses

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLESTEROL; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NORLEVORPHANOL; THROMBOSPONDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SECRETION; CORTICOSTRIATAL GLUTAMATERGIC AXOSPINOUS SYNAPSE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROGLIAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERISYNAPTIC ASTROCYTE; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRIATAL MEDIUM SPINY PROJECTION NEURON; STRIATAL PERISYNAPTIC GLIA; STRIATAL TRIPARTITE SYNAPSE; STRIATONIGRAL DEGENERATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; THALAMOSTRIATAL GLUTAMATERGIC AXOSPINOUS SYNAPSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 84856190485     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2011.00068     Document Type: Review

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