Sparse short-distance connections enhance calcium wave propagation in a 3D model of astrocyte networks

Traditionally, astrocytes have been considered to couple via gap-junctions into a syncytium with only rudimentary spatial organization. However, this view is challenged by growing experimental evidence that astrocytes organize as a proper gap-junction mediated network with more complex region-depend...

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Main Authors: Jules eLallouette, Maurizio eDe Pittà, Eshel eBen Jacob, Hugues eBerry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncom.2014.00045/full