Endfeet serve as diffusion-limited subcellular compartments in astrocytes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3692-3698

  Nuriya, Mutsuo ^a   Yasui, Masato ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84874201158     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3050-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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