Astrocyte Calcium Signaling figure 2

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      "doi": "10.1016/j.ceca.2013.09.001",
      "note": "Ding 2013: LC-NE ablation (DSP-4) and α1-AR blockade (prazosin) both abolish awake-mouse astrocyte Ca2+",
      "value": ">90% NE depletion (DSP-4) nearly eliminates astrocyte Ca2+; prazosin suppresses spontaneous + evoked signals",
      "intervention": "LC lesion (DSP-4) + α1-AR blockade (prazosin)",
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          "value": ">90% NE depletion; prevented nearly all astrocyte Ca2+",
          "intervention": "DSP-4 (LC noradrenergic lesion)",
          "value_source_sentence": "The LC-specific neurotoxin N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine (DSP-4), which reduced cortical NE content by >90%, prevented nearly all astrocytic Ca2+ signals in awake mice."
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          "intervention": "prazosin (α1-AR antagonist)",
          "value_source_sentence": "However, this study shows that spontaneous Ca 2+ increases are also potently inhibited by the α 1 -receptor antagonist prazosin, suggesting that the majority of astrocytic Ca 2+ increases in awake mice require α 1 -receptor activation."
        }
      ],
      "value_source_sentence": "The LC-specific neurotoxin N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-ethyl-2-bromobenzylamine (DSP-4), which reduced cortical NE content by >90%, prevented nearly all astrocytic Ca2+ signals in awake mice."
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    {
      "doi": "10.1523/jneurosci.5289-11.2011",
      "note": "Takata 2011: cholinergic plasticity via astrocyte Ca2+ is IP3R2-dependent",
      "value": "astrocyte [Ca2+] surges diminished; plasticity lost",
      "intervention": "IP3R2-KO + cholinergic (mAChR) stimulation",
      "value_source_sentence": "During the induction of this synaptic plasticity, we find that astrocytic [Ca(2+)](i) is pronouncedly elevated, which is blocked by mAChR antagonists."
    },
    {
      "doi": "10.1073/pnas.1209448109",
      "note": "Thrane 2012: arousal-dependent astrocyte Ca2+ in cortex",
      "value": "anesthesia selectively disrupts astrocyte Ca2+",
      "intervention": "general anesthesia vs awake",
      "value_source_sentence": "In our study, we performed calcium imaging in awake head-restrained mice and found that three commonly used anesthetic combinations (ketamine/xylazine, isoflurane, and urethane) markedly suppressed calcium transients in neocortical astrocytes."
    }
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  "comparison_topic": "Sources of astrocyte Ca2+ signals in awake cortex: noradrenergic (alpha1-AR/LC) vs cholinergic (muscarinic/NBM) pathways"
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