Glutamatergic input-output properties of thalamic astrocytes

Neuroscience

Volumn 205, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-28

  Pirttimaki, T M ^a,b   Parri, H R ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Gliotransmission; Glutamate; SIC; Somatosensory; Tripartite synapse

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM SIGNALING; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 84858009245     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.12.049     Document Type: Article

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