Gliotransmitter release from astrocytes: Functional, developmental, and pathological implications in the brain

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JAN, 2016, Pages

  Harada, Kazuki ^a   Kamiya, Taichi ^a   Tsuboi, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Exocytosis; Glial cell; Gliotransmitter; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Optical imaging; Synaptic activity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMPA RECEPTOR; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; DEXTRO SERINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN; PURINERGIC P2X7 RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SYNAPTOBREVIN 2; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 23; SYNTAXIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPILEPSY; EXOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; GLIOTRANSMISSION; GLIOTRANSMITTER RELEASE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; MICROGLIA; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84958039192     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00499     Document Type: Short Survey

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