Low Micromolar Ba2+ Potentiates Glutamate Transporter Current in Hippocampal Astrocytes

Low Micromolar Ba2+ Potentiates Glutamate Transporter Current in Hippocampal Astrocytes

Glutamate uptake, mediated by electrogenic glutamate transporters largely localized in astrocytes, is responsible for the clearance of glutamate released during excitatory synaptic transmission. Glutamate uptake also determines the availability of glutamate for extrasynaptic glutamate receptors. The...

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Main Authors: Ramil eAfzalov, Evgeny ePryazhnikov, Pei-Yu eShih, Elena eKondratskaya, Svetlana eZobova, Sakari eLeino, Outi eSalminen, Leonard eKhiroug, Alexey eSemyanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Subjects:
Astrocytes
Barium
Hippocampus
glutamate transporters
Glutamate Uptake
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2013.00135/full

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