Glial cells have been thought simply to respond to neural activity. A new report shows that slow glial calcium oscillations occur spontaneously and can cause excitation in nearby neurons.
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Rose, C., Konnerth, A. Exciting glial oscillations. Nat Neurosci 4, 773–774 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/90464
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