Tripartite synapses: astrocytes process and control synaptic information

@article{Perea2009TripartiteSA,
  title={Tripartite synapses: astrocytes process and control synaptic information},
  author={Gertrudis Perea and Marta Navarrete and Alfonso Araque},
  journal={Trends in Neurosciences},
  year={2009},
  volume={32},
  pages={421-431},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:16355401}
}
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