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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 12.
Published in final edited form as: Transl Neurosci. 2012 Dec;3(4):334–344. doi: 10.2478/s13380-012-0040-y

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Molecular cascades of Ca2+ and Na+ signalling in astroglia (see text for details). Abbreviations: AMPAR, α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor; CBP, Ca2+ binding protein; EAAT, excitatory amino acid transporter; ER, endoplasmic reticulum; G, G-protein; GABA, γ-aminobutyric acid; GAT, GABA transporter; GPCR, G-protein coupled receptor; InsP3R, inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate-gated Ca2+ channel/receptor; NCX, Na+/Ca2+ exchanger; NKA, Na+/K+ ATPase; NMDAR, N-methyl D-aspartate receptor; PLC, phospholipase C; PMCA, plasmalemmal Ca2+-ATPase; P2XR, purinergic 2X receptor, SERCA, sarco(endoplasmic) reticulum Ca2+ ATPase; SOCE, store-operate Ca2+ entry; TRP, transient receptor potential.