Astrocytes in modulating subcellular, cellular and intercellular molecular neuronal communication

Jari Hyttinen, Barbara Genocchi, Annika Ahtiainen, Jarno M.A. Tanskanen, Kerstin Lenk, Michael Taynnan Barros

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Abstract

Astrocytes are one of the most abundant cell types in our brain. They modulate the brain homeostasis and play a role in the synaptic signalling and thus the molecular propagation inside the brain. Moreover, they form communication networks that co-localise with the neuronal networks with comparable topological complexity. There is an increasing piece of evidence that astrocytes are important in plasticity and learning from the level of the single synapse to the entire network. Moreover, several diseases are molecular communications on different scales from the synaptic to network level.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 8th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication, NANOCOM 2021
PublisherAssociation of Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9781450387101
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Sept 2021
Event8th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication, NANOCOM 2021 - Virtual, Online, Italy
Duration: 7 Sept 20219 Sept 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 8th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication, NANOCOM 2021

Conference

Conference8th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication, NANOCOM 2021
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityVirtual, Online
Period7/09/219/09/21

Keywords

  • Astrocytes
  • Modulation
  • Molecular communications
  • Networks
  • Neurons

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Communication

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