The computational power of astrocyte mediated synaptic plasticity

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCTOBER 2012, 2012, Pages

  Min, Rogier ^a   Santello, Mirko ^a   Nevian, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Calcium; Computation; Heterosynaptic plasticity; Metaplasticity; Spike timing dependent plasticity; STDP; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTES; METAPLASTICITY; SPIKE-TIMING-DEPENDENT PLASTICITY; STDP; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY;

BRAIN; CALCIUM; CALCULATIONS; DATA PROCESSING; FUNCTIONS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHYSIOLOGY;

NEURONS;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM ION; PURINERGIC P2Y1 RECEPTOR;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84868108811     PISSN: 16625188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2012.00093     Document Type: Review

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