Histamine elicits glutamate release from cultured astrocytes

• Main Authors: Anikó Kárpáti (Author), Takeo Yoshikawa (Author), Tadaho Nakamura (Author), Tomomitsu Iida (Author), Takuro Matsuzawa (Author), Haruna Kitano (Author), Ryuichi Harada (Author), Kazuhiko Yanai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Astrocytes play key roles in regulating brain homeostasis and neuronal activity. This is, in part, accomplished by the ability of neurotransmitters in the synaptic cleft to bind astrocyte membrane receptors, activating signalling cascades that regulate concentration of intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) a...