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Functional Calcium Imaging in Developing Cortical Networks
Published on: October 22, 2011
Spontaneous Ca2+ spikes and waves in embryonic neurons: signaling systems for differentiation
1Dept of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.
Trends in Neurosciences
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
Many excitable cells are specialized to promote Ca2+ influx at early stages of development. This article focuses on spontaneous fluctuations of intracellular Ca2+ that are observed during this period. Removal of Ca2+ or suppression of influx alters subsequent differentiation. Thus these signals appear to regulate aspects of early maturation.

