Astrocytes target presynaptic NMDA receptors to give synapses a boost

Rheinallt Parri; Vincenzo Crunelli

doi:10.1038/nn0307-271

Astrocytes target presynaptic NMDA receptors to give synapses a boost

Rheinallt Parri^*, Vincenzo Crunelli

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Astrocytes modulate synaptic strength. This effect occurs, reports a new paper, because ATP-dependent vesicular release of astrocytic glutamate acts on presynaptic neuronal NMDA receptors to increase synaptic efficacy. © 2007 Nature Publishing Group.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	271-273
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Neuroscience
Volume	10
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0307-271
Publication status	Published - Mar 2007

Keywords

synapses
astrocytes
presynaptic terminals
N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptors

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