Potentiation of ATP calcium responses by
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Ana I. Jimรฉnez; Enrique Castro; Maribel Mirabet; Rafael Franco; Esmerilda G. Del
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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We have studied the interaction between P1 and P2 purinoceptors in purified type-1 astrocyte cultures from postnatal days 7-8 rat cerebella using single cell microfluorimetry with fura-2. The stimulation of astrocytes with ATP elicits rapid [Ca 2ฯฉ ] i transients showing an EC 50 value of 7.9 ฯฎ 0.3 ยต