Emerging role for astroglial networks in information processing: From synapse to behavior

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 405-417

  Pannasch, Ulrike ^a,b   Rouach, Nathalie ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

astrocytes; connexin; gap junction; neuroglial interactions

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; COGNITION; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84879696907     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.04.004     Document Type: Review

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