The Cajal school and the physiological role of astrocytes: A way of thinking

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Navarrete, Marta ^a   Araque, Alfonso ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cajal; Gliotransmission; Neuron glia communication; Tripartite synapses

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DOPAMINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEURONAL CALCIUM SENSOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84901254689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00033     Document Type: Review

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