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                                1. Where the thoughts dwell: history of neuroscience and introduction into neuroglia
- Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
 
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                                2. Astrocytes: definition, appearance and general physiology 1
- Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
 
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                                3. Astrocytes: definition, appearance and general physiology 2
- Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
 
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                                4. Glial calcium signalling
- Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
 
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                                5. Astroglial calcium signalling: what it could tell us
- Prof. Dmitri Rusakov
 
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                                6. Neuronal-glial chemical transmission mediated by glutamate and ATP
- Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
 
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                                7. Energy and amino acid neurotransmitter metabolism in astrocytes
- Prof. Helle Waagepetersen
 
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                                8. Mechanisms of glutamate release from astrocytes
- Prof. Vladimir Parpura
 
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                                9. Cannabinoid type 1 receptors in astrocytes
- Prof. Giovanni Marsicano
 
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                                10. Neuronal-glial anatomical plasticity in the hypothalamus
- Dr. Stéphane H.R. Oliet
 
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                                11. General physiology of oligodendrocytes
- Prof. Arthur M. Butt
 
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                                12. Neuropathology of microglia and oligodendrocytes
- Prof. Arthur M. Butt
 
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                                13. Oligodendroglia/MCT1 are an unexpected contributor to CNS toxicity/neurodegeneration
- Prof. Jeffrey D. Rothstein
 
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                                14. Physiology and pathophysiology of microglia
- Prof. Dr. Uwe-Karsten Hanisch
 
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                                15. Properties of regulated exocytosis in astrocytes
- Prof. Robert Zorec
 
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                                16. Exocytosis and gliocrine astroglia
- Prof. Robert Zorec
 
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                                17. Noradrenergic hypothesis of neurodegeneration and astroglia
- Prof. Robert Zorec
 
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                                18. Principles of astrogliopathology: from reactivity to atrophy and degeneration
- Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
 
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                                19. Regulation of synaptic plasticity by astroglia
- Prof. Dmitri Rusakov
 
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                                20. Enteric glia: the glue of the enteric nervous system
- Dr. Keith A. Sharkey
 
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                                21. Purinergic neuron-to-glia signaling in the enteric nervous system
- Dr. Brian D. Gulbransen
 
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                                24. The impact of astrocyte mitochondrial ATP production on neuroprotection after stroke
- Prof. James Lechleiter
 
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                                25. Hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis: a disorder of glial-neuronal signalling
- Prof. Roger F. Butterworth
 
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                                26. Hepatic encephalopathy in acute liver failure: a primary neurogliopathy
- Prof. Roger F. Butterworth
 
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                                27. Bi-directional communication at the neurovascular unit: implications for neuronal function
- Prof. Jessica A. Filosa
 
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                                28. Astrocyte reactivity
- Prof. Michael Sofroniew
 
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                                29. Roles of microglia in the healthy brain
- Dr. Marie-Ève Tremblay
 
 - Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
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                                30. Astroglia in neuropathology
- Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
 
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                                31. Cell biology and physiology of astroglia
- Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
 
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                                32. General physiology of oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells
- Prof. Arthur M. Butt
 
 
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Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
 - Talk overview
 - Calcium - the beginning
 - Calcium signalling: the beginning
 - Calcium ions are imperatively important for life
 - Calcium signalling - the idea is born
 - Calcium signalling - early discoveries (1)
 - Calcium signalling - early discoveries (2)
 - Patch-clamp and fluorescent calcium indicators
 - Diversity and versatility of calcium probes
 - Patch-voltage-clamp and calcium indicators
 - Calcium as a universal signalling molecule
 - Calcium signalling in neurones and neuroglia
 - Calcium provides substrate for glial excitability
 - Voltage-gated calcium channels
 - Calcium currents in glial cells
 - Calcium channel localization in glial cells
 - Ligand-gated calcium channels
 - Bergman glial cells express AMPA receptors
 - ER provides a substrate for glial excitability
 - InsP3-mediated Ca signalling in glial cells
 - Fluorescent thapsigargin in cultured astrocytes
 - Resting Ca concentration in the ER of astroglia
 - Expression of InsP3 receptors in glial cells
 - Calcium signalling in neurones and glia
 - ATP triggers calcium release in glial cells
 - InsP3 triggers Ca efflux from astroglial ER
 - Astrocytes express ryanodine receptors
 - Depletion of ER store triggers Ca entry
 - Store-operated Ca is present in all glia types (1)
 - Store-operated Ca is present in all glia types (2)
 - Ca release/store-operated Ca entry dissociation
 - Two functionally different compartments in the ER
 - Expression of TRP channels in glial cells
 - Glial cells response to neuronal activity
 - Synaptically evoked local calcium signals in glia
 - Inhibiting neurons blocks Ca signals in glia
 - Synaptic Ca signalling occur in microdomains
 - Glu induces Ca release from intracellular stores
 - Heparin inhibits Glu-induced Ca signalling
 - mGluR5 are expressed in Bergmann glia
 - Stimulation of glial cells triggers Ca waves
 - Astroglial calcium waves
 - Mechanisms of glial Ca wave propagation
 - Conclusions
 
Topics Covered
- How calcium signalling was discovered
 - Principles of calcium signalling
 - Calcium signalling in neuroglia
 - Voltage- and ligand-gated channels
 - Endoplasmic reticulum calcium store
 - Store-operated calcium entry
 - Calcium signals in neuronal-glial interactions
 - Glial calcium waves
 
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Talk Citation
Verkhratsky, A. (2011, June 29). Glial calcium signalling [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved November 4, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/TMEL3684.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
- Published on June 29, 2011
 
Financial Disclosures
- Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.