Genetic control of astrocyte function in neural circuits

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue AUGUST, 2015, Pages

  Jahn, Hannah M ^a   Scheller, Anja ^a   Kirchhoff, Frank ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bergmann glia; CreERT2 loxP; Genetic targeting of astrocytes; GLAST glutamate aspartate transporter; Human GFAP promoter; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; DOXYCYCLINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; TAMOXIFEN; TETRACYCLINE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ASTROCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL INTERACTION; CEREBELLAR BERGMANN GLIA; CONNECTOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC REGULATION; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84940199733     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00310     Document Type: Review

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