Molecular approaches for manipulating astrocytic signaling in vivo

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Xie, Alison X ^a   Petravicz, Jeremy ^b   McCarthy, Ken D ^a  

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

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; DREADD; GPCR signaling; In vivo; IP3R2KO

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR KINASE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE C BETA; SNARE PROTEIN; TETANUS TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHARMACOGENETICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETT SYNDROME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84929590589     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00144     Document Type: Article

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