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Abbreviations

C m :

Membrane capacitance

CNS:

Central nervous system

EAA:

Excitatory amino acid

E r :

Reversal potential

GFAP:

Glial fibrillary acidic protein

GS:

Glutamine synthetase

I–V :

Current–voltage

Q t :

Total charge

R a :

Electrode access resistance

R m :

Membrane resistance

R t :

Total resistance

V a :

Voltage drop across R a

V c :

Clamp (command) potential

V t :

Total voltage drop

[K+]o :

Extracellular concentration of potassium ions

[K+]i :

Intracellular concentration of potassium ions

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I thank Drs. Gary Schools and Min Zhou for discussions and reading the manuscript and for supplying some of the figures.

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      Kimelberg, H. (2009). Astrocyte Heterogeneity or Homogeneity?. In: Haydon, P., Parpura, V. (eds) Astrocytes in (Patho)Physiology of the Nervous System. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79492-1_1

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