Micropatterned substrates for studying astrocytes in culture

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue JAN, 2010, Pages 381-387

  Lee, William ^a   Parpura, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Bidirectional neuronal glial interactions; Ca2+ dynamics; Glutamate uptake and release; Micropatterning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892533311     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.15.005.2009     Document Type: Review

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