GABAergic interneuron to astrocyte signalling: A neglected form of cell communication in the brain

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1654, 2014, Pages

  Losi, Gabriele ^a   Mariotti, Letizia ^a   Carmignoto, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; GABA; Interneurons

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELL ORGANELLE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; NEUROLOGY; SIGNALING;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS;

EID: 84907200996     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0609     Document Type: Review

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