Connexin32 in oligodendrocytes and association with myelinated fibers in mouse and rat brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 379, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 571-591

  Li, J ^a   Hertzberg, E L ^b   Nagy, J I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

connexin antibodies; gap junction proteins; glial cells; immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0031051488     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19970324)379:4<571::aid-cne8>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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