Astrocytes contribute to synapse elimination via type 2 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor-dependent release of ATP

Disruption of IP3R2-mediated Ca2+ signaling pathway in astrocytes ameliorates neuronal death and brain damage while reducing behavioral deficits after focal ischemic stroke

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Ca2+ signaling in astrocytes from Ip3r2 −/− mice in brain slices and during startle responses in vivo

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Astrocyte Regulation of Synaptic Behavior

(2014) Nicola J. Allen   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Large-Scale Somatotopic Refinement via Functional Synapse Elimination in the Sensory Thalamus of Developing Mice

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Astrocyte Ca2+ signalling: an unexpected complexity

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Gliotransmitters Travel in Time and Space

(2014) Alfonso Araque et al.   NEURON

Loss of mTOR-Dependent Macroautophagy Causes Autistic-like Synaptic Pruning Deficits

(2014) Guomei Tang et al.   NEURON

In Vivo Visualization of Subtle, Transient, and Local Activity of Astrocytes Using an Ultrasensitive Ca2+ Indicator

(2014) Kazunori Kanemaru et al.   Cell Reports

Exocytosis of ATP From Astrocytes Modulates Phasic and Tonic Inhibition in the Neocortex

(2014) Ulyana Lalo et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Astrocytes mediate synapse elimination through MEGF10 and MERTK pathways

(2013) Won-Suk Chung et al.   NATURE

Astrocyte-derived ATP modulates depressive-like behaviors

(2013) Xiong Cao et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

TGF-β signaling regulates neuronal C1q expression and developmental synaptic refinement

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Essential role of postsynaptic NMDA receptors in developmental refinement of excitatory synapses

(2013) Z.-w. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Long-term depression triggers the selective elimination of weakly integrated synapses

(2013) J. S. Wiegert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple Autism-Linked Genes Mediate Synapse Elimination via Proteasomal Degradation of a Synaptic Scaffold PSD-95

(2012) Nien-Pei Tsai et al.   CELL

Heterosynaptic long-term depression mediated by ATP released from astrocytes

(2012) Jiadong Chen et al.   GLIA

Astrocytes Mediate In Vivo Cholinergic-Induced Synaptic Plasticity

(2012) Marta Navarrete et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Microglia activation triggers astrocyte-mediated modulation of excitatory neurotransmission

(2011) O. Pascual et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Synaptic Pruning by Microglia Is Necessary for Normal Brain Development

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Long-term potentiation depends on release of d-serine from astrocytes

(2010) Christian Henneberger et al.   NATURE

Hippocampal Short- and Long-Term Plasticity Are Not Modulated by Astrocyte Ca2+ Signaling

(2010) C. Agulhon et al.   SCIENCE

Synapse elimination in the central nervous system

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Vesicular glutamate transporters define two sets of glutamatergic afferents to the somatosensory thalamus and two thalamocortical projections in the mouse

(2008) Alessandro Graziano et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

A Critical Window for Experience-Dependent Plasticity at Whisker Sensory Relay Synapse in the Thalamus

(2008) H. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Loss of IP3 Receptor-Dependent Ca2+ Increases in Hippocampal Astrocytes Does Not Affect Baseline CA1 Pyramidal Neuron Synaptic Activity

(2008) J. Petravicz et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Synapse elimination accompanies functional plasticity in hippocampal neurons

(2008) N. Bastrikova et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA