Grid-mapped freeze-fracture analysis of gap junctions in gray and white matter of adult rat central nervous system, with evidence for a 'panglial syncytium' that is not coupled to neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 265-292

  Rash, John E ^a   Duffy, Heather S ^a   Dudek, F Edward ^a   Bilhartz, Brent L ^a,b   Whalen, L Ray ^a   Yasumura, Thomas ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Electron microscopy; Itercellular junctions; Water channels

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; ION CHANNEL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COUPLING FACTOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAY MATTER; MACROGLIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030783297     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19971117)388:2<265::aid-cne6>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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