Mitochondrial Calcium Sparkles Light Up Astrocytes

Publication date: 27 February 2017
Source:Developmental Cell, Volume 40, Issue 4
Author(s): Brian A. MacVicar, Rebecca W.Y. Ko
Discrete calcium signals in the fine processes of astrocytes are a recent discovery and a new mystery. In a recent issue of Neuron, Agarwal et al. (2017) report that calcium efflux from mitochondria during brief openings of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) contribute to calcium microdomains.

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Discrete calcium signals in the fine processes of astrocytes are a recent discovery and a new mystery. In a recent issue of Neuron, Agarwal et al. (2017) report that calcium efflux from mitochondria during brief openings of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) contribute to calcium microdomains.


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