Glia: Glial messenging

Nature Reviews Neuroscience 18, 4 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrn.2016.170 Author: Darran Yates A new study provides evidence for a glia-mediated form of long-term potentiation (LTP) in the rat spinal cord. Activation of astrocytes and microglia induced LTP at spinal C-fibre synapses on lamina I neurons in vitro. Blocking glial metabolism or signalling induced by D-serine,
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