New insights on astrocyte ion channels: Critical for homeostasis and neuron-glia signaling

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 41, 2015, Pages 13827-13835

  Olsen, Michelle L ^a   Khakh, Baljit S ^b   Skatchkov, Serguei N ^c   Zhou, Min ^d   Lee, C Justin ^e   Rouach, Nathalie ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^f Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; SPERMINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIA CELL; GLIOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETT SYNDROME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; GENETICS; GLIA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84944552997     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2603-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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