Diversity of astroglial functions alludes to subcellular specialisation

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 228-242

  Rusakov, Dmitri A ^a   Bard, Lucie ^a   Stewart, Michael G ^b   Henneberger, Christian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; CALCIUM; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM; CALCIUM ION;

ASTROCYTE; BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MACROGLIA; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WATER FLOW; ANIMAL; CELL FRACTIONATION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INTERACTION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIKE WAVE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NEURONS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 84897453469     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2014.02.008     Document Type: Review

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