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. 2017 Feb 27;40(4):327-328.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.02.013.

Mitochondrial Calcium Sparkles Light Up Astrocytes

Brian A MacVicar  1 , Rebecca W Y Ko  2
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Mitochondrial Calcium Sparkles Light Up Astrocytes

Brian A MacVicar et al. Dev Cell. .
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Abstract

Discrete calcium signals in the fine processes of astrocytes are a recent discovery and a new mystery. In a recent issue of Neuron, Agarwal et al. (2017) report that calcium efflux from mitochondria during brief openings of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) contribute to calcium microdomains.

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