Astroglial Glutamate Signaling and Uptake in the Hippocampus

Astrocytes have long been regarded as essentially unexcitable cells that do not contribute to active signaling and information processing in the brain. Contrary to this classical view, it is now firmly established that astrocytes can specifically respond to glutamate released from neurons. Astrocyte...

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Main Authors: Christine R. Rose, Lisa Felix, Andre Zeug, Dirk Dietrich, Andreas Reiner, Christian Henneberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2017.00451/full