Glial processes are glued to synapses via Ca2+-permeable glutamate receptors

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Watanabe, M [1 ]
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[1] Hokkaido Univ, Sch Med, Dept Anat, Sapporo, Hokkaido 0608638, Japan
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10.1016/S0166-2236(00)01993-7
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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Bergmann glia in the cerebellum elaborately ensheathe Purkinje cell dendrites and synapses, and express high levels of Ca2+-permeable glutamate receptors (GluRs). Suppression of the Ca2+ permeability by virus-mediated GluR2 transfer has revealed that GluR-mediated Ca2+ signaling is essential to maintain both structural and functional connections between the glial cell and the glutamatergic synapses.
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