gliotransmitter

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noun

A chemical, released from glial cells, that facilitates neuronal communication between neurons and other glial cells.

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Meanings

noungliotransmitter (plural gliotransmitters)

plural gliotransmitters

  1. A chemical, released from glial cells, that facilitates neuronal communication between neurons and other glial cells.

    Furthermore, our findings suggest that adenosine is the primary, if not sole, gliotransmitter responsible for the modulation of mouse spinal locomotor networks.

    2015 August 8, “Stimulation of Glia Reveals Modulation of Mammalian Spinal Motor Networks by Adenosine”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From glio- + transmitter.

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