Serotonin regulates gap junction coupling in the developing rat somatosensory cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1685-1695

  Rörig, Birgit ^a,b   Sutor, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Gap junction; Serotonin; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

2,6 DIAMINO N [[1 (1 OXOTRIDECYL) 2 PIPERIDYL]METHYL]HEXANAMIDE; ADENOSINE 3',5' PHOSPHOROTHIOATE; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; HEPARIN; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; RITANSERIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2 AGONIST; SEROTONIN 2 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029758663     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01312.x     Document Type: Article

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