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Nature 426, 25-26 (6 November 2003) | doi:10.1038/426025a
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen
- Copenhagen 2200 Denmark
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Neurobiology: Signals that make waves
Louis F. Reichardt1
Abstract
Neurons in the brain release proteins called neurotrophins, which bind to glial cells and unleash a wave of calcium ions inside them. This could be the missing link in a communication circuit between glia and neurons.
Our brains contain billions of nerve cells, woven together in an intricate network. But another class of brain cells, glial cells, vastly outnumbers the neurons.
- Neuroscience Program, Department of Physiology, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0723, USA.
Email: lfr@cgl.ucsf.edu
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