Regulation of connexin-43, GFAP, and FGF-2 is not accompanied by changes in astroglial coupling in MPTP-lesioned, FGF-2-treated parkinsonian mice

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 606-617

  Rufer, M ^a   Wirth, S B ^a   Hofer, A ^b   Dermietzel, R ^b   Pastor, A ^c   Kettenmann, H ^c   Unsicker, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

astroglial cell coupling; connexin 43; FGF 2; gap junctions; Morbus Parkinson; MPTP; neuroprotection; striatum; TGF

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOCHROME C; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GELFOAM; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SPONGOSTAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONNEXIN 43; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG IMPLANTS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MPTP POISONING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029852134     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19961201)46:5<606::AID-JNR9>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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