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ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2014

Brain circuitry outside the synaptic cleft.

Dmitri A Rusakov, Alexander E Dityatev

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Article in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Dmitri A RusakovUCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK d.rusakov@ucl.ac.uk.
Alexander E DityatevMolecular Neuroplasticity Group, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany alexander.dityatev@dzne.de.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A growing body of experimental evidence suggests that astroglia, and possibly microglia, play an important part in regulating synaptic networking of the brain. It has also emerged that extracellular matrix (ECM) structures that enwrap synaptic connections can generate molecular signals affecting both neuronal and glial activity. Thus it appears that the mechanism of information processing in the brain, which has hitherto been associated almost exclusively with neural circuits, could also involve informative signal exchange outside the synaptic cleft. In this Theme Issue, research teams including leading experts on astroglia-neuron communication and on ECM signalling report their recent findings, share their views and discuss future conceptual advances in the field. Potential implications for drug development and new therapeutic targets with regard to some common neurological conditions are discussed throughout the issue.

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AnimalsBrainExtracellular MatrixHumansNeurobiologyNeurogliaNeuronsSignal Transductionastrocycteextracellular matrixsynapse

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PMID25225085
PMCPMC4173277

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