Astrocyte IP3R2-dependent Ca2+ signaling is not a major modulator of neuronal pathways governing behavior

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue November, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Petravicz, Jeremy ^a,c   Boyt, Kristen M ^b   McCarthy, Ken D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Behavior; Calcium; Gliotransmission; IP3 receptor

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR 2; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BEHAVIOR; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

EID: 84927550499     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00384     Document Type: Article

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