ATP-Mediated Glia Signaling
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ATP-mediated glia signaling.
Glia calcium signaling has recently been identified as a potent modulator of synaptic transmission. We show here that the spatial expansion of calcium waves is mediated by ATP and subsequent activation of purinergic receptors. Ectopic expression of gap junction proteins, connexins (Cxs), leads to an increase in both ATP release and the radius of calcium wave propagation. Cx expression was also ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-08-02835.2000