Extracellular Glutamate: How Much is Enough?

Tonic extracellular glutamate of glial origin modulates glial and neuronal glutamate release and synaptic plasticity. Estimates of the tonic basal concentration of extracellular glutamate range over three orders of magnitude (0.02-20 µM) depending on the technology employed to make the meas...

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Main Author: Peter eKalivas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2011.00094/full