@article{APS3997,
author = {Alexei Verkhratsky},
title = {Glial calcium signaling in physiology and pathophysiology},
journal = {Acta Pharmacologica Sinica},
volume = {27},
number = {7},
year = {2016},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Neuronal-glial circuits underlie integrative processes in the nervous system. Function of glial syncytium is, to a very large extent, regulated by the intracellular calcium signaling system. Glial calcium signals are triggered by activation of multiple receptors, expressed in glial membrane, which regulate both Ca2+ entry and Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum. The endoplasmic reticulum also endows glial cells with intracellular excitable media, which is able to produce and maintain long-ranging signaling in a form of propagating Ca2+ waves. In pathological conditions, calcium signals regulate glial response to injury, which might have both protective and detrimental effects on the nervous tissue.},
issn = {1745-7254}, url = {http://www.chinaphar.com/article/view/3997}
}