Exocytosis in astrocytes: Transmitter release and membrane signal regulation

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2351-2363

  Guček, Alenka ^a   Vardjan, Nina ^a,b   Zorec, Robert ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Celica Biomedical Sciences Center   (Slovenia)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Exocytosis; Gliotransmitter; Membrane signals; Vesicle dynamics

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ION CHANNEL; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SURFACE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECRETORY VESICLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84871409592     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-012-0773-6     Document Type: Review

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