Neuroscience: Astrocytes as aide-mémoires.


Autoria(s): Santello M.; Volterra A.
Data(s)

2010

Resumo

Memory formation is known to occur at the level of synaptic contacts between neurons. It therefore comes as a surprise that another type of brain cell, the astrocyte, is also involved in establishing memory.

Identificador

http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_DC932EF3D00B

isbn:1476-4687[electronic], 0028-0836[linking]

pmid:20075911

doi:10.1038/463169a

isiid:000273582700023

Idioma(s)

en

Fonte

Nature, vol. 463, no. 7278, pp. 169-170

Palavras-Chave #Animals; Astrocytes/cytology; Astrocytes/metabolism; Calcium/antagonists & inhibitors; Calcium/metabolism; Hippocampus/cytology; Hippocampus/physiology; Long-Term Potentiation/physiology; Memory/physiology; Rats; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/agonists; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/metabolism; Serine/metabolism; Serine/secretion; Synapses/metabolism
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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