About this Research Topic
This Research Topic is part of the 15 Year Anniversary of Cellular Neuroscience Research Topic series, which has been organized in collaboration with the Neuroscience portfolio at Frontiers to celebrate the 15 Year Anniversary of the journal by highlighting some of the most impactful research areas in this field and providing discussion around the latest advances in Astrocyte research in relation to Neurotransmission as well as new research on this important topic.
By following its mission to freely disseminate high-quality research with a worldwide reach, Frontiers in Non-neuronal cells will continue to play a key role in accelerating the progress of Cellular Neuroscience research and making Open Science a global reality.
This Research Topic article collection focuses on the role of Astrocytes in Neurotransmission. This is a relatively new and exciting area of research that Frontiers is excited to host a Research Topic on.
The Research Topic welcomes contributions from researchers around the globe in the form of Original Research, Review, Mini Review, and Perspectives focusing on, but not limited to the following subtopics:
• Role of astrocytes in the maintenance and modulation of glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission
• How mitochondrial metabolism in astrocytes regulates neurotransmission
• NMDA receptors in astrocytes: their role in neurotransmission and astrocytic homeostasis
• Functional astrocyte heterogeneity and implications for their role in shaping neurotransmission
• Mechanisms for astrocytic transport processes in neurotransmission such as glutamatergic and GABAergic
• Interactions of astrocytes with microglia and other non-neuronal cells
• Astrocyte sodium signaling and the regulation of neurotransmission
• Astrocyte-neuron metabolic relationship and how this shapes brain activity
• Astrocytes as key regulators of synaptic plasticity.
• Calcium and gliotransmitter release from astrocytes: Their roles in regulating synaptic transmission and plasticity.
By following its mission to freely disseminate high-quality research with a worldwide reach, Frontiers in Non-neuronal cells will continue to play a key role in accelerating the progress of Cellular Neuroscience research and making Open Science a global reality.
This Research Topic article collection focuses on the role of Astrocytes in Neurotransmission. This is a relatively new and exciting area of research that Frontiers is excited to host a Research Topic on.
The Research Topic welcomes contributions from researchers around the globe in the form of Original Research, Review, Mini Review, and Perspectives focusing on, but not limited to the following subtopics:
• Role of astrocytes in the maintenance and modulation of glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission
• How mitochondrial metabolism in astrocytes regulates neurotransmission
• NMDA receptors in astrocytes: their role in neurotransmission and astrocytic homeostasis
• Functional astrocyte heterogeneity and implications for their role in shaping neurotransmission
• Mechanisms for astrocytic transport processes in neurotransmission such as glutamatergic and GABAergic
• Interactions of astrocytes with microglia and other non-neuronal cells
• Astrocyte sodium signaling and the regulation of neurotransmission
• Astrocyte-neuron metabolic relationship and how this shapes brain activity
• Astrocytes as key regulators of synaptic plasticity.
• Calcium and gliotransmitter release from astrocytes: Their roles in regulating synaptic transmission and plasticity.
Keywords: Astrocytes, Neurotransmission, non-neuronal cells, 15th Anniversary, Cellular Neuroscience
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
