Astrocyte regulation of synaptic behavior

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 439-463

  Allen, Nicola J ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Glia; Neuron; Plasticity; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LIPID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; GLUTAMIC ACID; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GLIA CELL; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; LIPIDS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POTASSIUM; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84927511458     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: 15308995     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100913-013053     Document Type: Review

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