Gap junctions in the adult cerebral cortex: Regional differences in their distribution and cellular expression of connexins

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 376, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 326-342

  Nadarajah, B ^a   Thomaidou, D ^a   Evans, W H ^b   Parnavelas, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

connexin immunocytochemistry; electron microscopy; freeze fracture; intercellular junctions; neocortex

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL JUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE FRACTURE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0029806609     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961209)376:2<326::AID-CNE13>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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