AUTHOR=Giaume Christian TITLE=Astroglial Wiring is Adding Complexity to Neuroglial Networking JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neuroenergetics VOLUME=2 YEAR=2010 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroenergetics/articles/10.3389/fnene.2010.00129 DOI=10.3389/fnene.2010.00129 ISSN=1662-6427 ABSTRACT=

Astrocytes are organized as networks of communicating cells due to their high expression level of connexins, the molecular constituents of gap junction channels. Based on their permeability properties for ions and small signaling molecules such astroglial wiring interferes with neuronal activity and survival. In this paper, I identify and discuss which future technical and conceptual progress or advances should be achieved in order to better understand how neuroglial networking contributes to brain functions and dysfunctions.