Calcium elevation in astrocytes causes an NMDA receptor-dependent increase in the frequency of miniature synaptic currents in cultured hippocampal neurons.
Araque A, Sanzgiri RP, Parpura V, Haydon PG.
Araque A, et al.
J Neurosci. 1998 Sep 1;18(17):6822-9. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.18-17-06822.1998.
J Neurosci. 1998.
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A Ca2+ elevation in astrocytes induces the release of glutamate (Parpura et al., 1994; Pasti et al., 1997; Araque et al., 1998;Bezzi et al., 1998), which evokes a slow inward current in neurons and modulates action potential-evoked synaptic transmission betwe …
A Ca2+ elevation in astrocytes induces the release of glutamate (Parpura et al., 1994; Pasti et al., 1997; Araque et al., 1998 …