Central role of GABA in neuron-glia interactions

Neuroscientist

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-250

  Vélez Fort, Mateo ^a,b,c   Audinat, Etienne ^a,b   Angulo, María Cecilia ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

astrocytes; extrasynaptic transmission; GABA; microglia; NG2 cells; oligodendrocyte precursor cells; synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 ETHYL 6,7 DIMETHOXY BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BENZYL[3 [[1 (3,4 DICHLOROPHENYL)ETHYL]AMINO] 2 HYDROXYPROPYL]PHOSPHINIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BUMETANIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DEXTRO SERINE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NIFEDIPINE; PICROTOXIN; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN; SULFORHODAMINE B; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL INTERACTION; EXTRASYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 84861830661     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858411403317     Document Type: Review

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