How do glial cells contribute to motor control?

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 4385-4399

  Christensen, Rasmus K ^a   Petersen, Anders Victor ^a   Perrier, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Astrocyte; ATP; Gliotransmitter; Glutamate; Locomotion; Respiration; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DEXTRO SERINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; ICOSANOID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TAURINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ASTROCYTE; BLOOD PH; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLIA CELL; LOCOMOTION; MICROGLIA; MOTOR CONTROL; NEURON GLIAL ANTIGEN 2 CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROGLIA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84878653603     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13816128113199990384     Document Type: Review

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