What do we know about gliotransmitter release from astrocytes?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1654, 2014, Pages

  Sahlender, Daniela A ^a   Savtchouk, Iaroslav ^a   Volterra, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Channels; Electron microscopy; Gliotransmission; Glutamate; Regulated exocytosis

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 84907192430     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0592     Document Type: Review

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