Homeostatic function of astrocytes: Ca2+ and Na+ signaling

Translational Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 334-344

  Parpura, Vladimir ^a,b,c   Verkhratsky, Alexei ^d,e  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Rijeka   (Croatia)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Ca2+ signalling; Excitability; Homeostasis; Na + signalling

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM RELEASE ACTIVATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 45; CONNEXIN 46; GLUTAMIC ACID; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; LACTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL;

ASTROCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SODIUM SIGNALING;

EID: 84871440649     PISSN: 20813856     EISSN: 20816936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13380-012-0040-y     Document Type: Review

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