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ArticleFrontiers in neural circuits2017

Extracellular Electrophysiological Measurements of Cooperative Signals in Astrocytes Populations.

Ana L G Mestre, Pedro M C Inácio, Youssef Elamine, Sanaz Asgarifar, Ana S Lourenço, Maria L S Cristiano, Paulo Aguiar, Maria C R Medeiros, Inês M Araújo, João Ventura and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in neural circuits, 2017. 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

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11 authors.

Ana L G MestreFaculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Pedro M C InácioFaculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Youssef ElamineFaculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Sanaz AsgarifarFaculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Ana S LourençoDepartamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Maria L S CristianoFaculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Paulo AguiarInstituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Maria C R MedeirosDepartamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica e de Computadores, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Inês M AraújoDepartamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
João VenturaDepartamento de Física e Astronomia, Instituto de Física dos Materiais da Universidade do Porto, Instituto de Nanociências e Nanotecnologia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Henrique L GomesFaculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Astrocytes are neuroglial cells that exhibit functional electrical properties sensitive to neuronal activity and capable of modulating neurotransmission. Thus, electrophysiological recordings of astroglial activity are very attractive to study the dynamics of glial signaling. This contribution reports on the use of ultra-sensitive planar electrodes combined with low noise and low frequency amplifiers that enable the detection of extracellular signals produced by primary cultures of astrocytes isolated from mouse cerebral cortex. Recorded activity is characterized by spontaneous bursts comprised of discrete signals with pronounced changes on the signal rate and amplitude. Weak and sporadic signals become synchronized and evolve with time to higher amplitude signals with a quasi-periodic behavior, revealing a cooperative signaling process. The methodology presented herewith enables the study of ionic fluctuations of population of cells, complementing the single cells observation by calcium imaging as well as by patch-clamp techniques.

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MicroelectrodesAnimalsAstrocytesCells, CulturedCerebral CortexElectrophysiological PhenomenaExtracellular SpaceMice, Inbred C57BLastrocyteselectrodeselectrophysiologyextracellulargliasignals

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PMCPMC5660104

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