Metabolic trafficking through astrocytic gap junctions

GLIA

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 114-123

  Giaume, Christian ^a   Tabernero, Arantxa ^b   Medina, José M ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Connexins; Glucose; Glutamate; Intercellular communication; Lactate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CAPILLARY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CAPILLARIES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL;

EID: 0031239423     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199709)21:1<114::AID-GLIA13>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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