Two main characteristics of astrocytes are their elaborated intracellular calcium signaling and their high degree of intercellular communication mediated by gap junctional channels. In these cells a number of studies have contributed to demonstrate that the combination of these two properties provid
Components of astrocytic intercellular calcium signaling
β Scribed by Eliana Scemes
- Book ID
- 111640603
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 106 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0893-7648
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