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Spontaneous and glutamate evoked calcium oscillations in rat hippocampal astrocytes

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In this work, we researched spontaneous and glutamate evoked Ca2+ oscillations in rat hippocampal astrocytes using confocal laser scanning microscopy and bulk-loading of the Ca2+-sensitive dye Oregon Green Bapta 1-AM.

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Correspondence to Y. I. Kalintseva.

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Original Russian Text © Y.I. Kalintseva, A.V. Potanina, A.S. Pimashkin, Yu.N. Zaharov, I.V. Mukhina, V.B. Kazantsev, A.V. Sem’yanov, 2011, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Biologiya, 2011, No. 2, pp. 13–15.

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Kalintseva, Y.I., Potanina, A.V., Pimashkin, A.S. et al. Spontaneous and glutamate evoked calcium oscillations in rat hippocampal astrocytes. Moscow Univ. Biol.Sci. Bull. 66, 55–56 (2011). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0096392511020027

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