Connexin43 and astrocytic gap junctions in the rat spinal cord after acute compression injury

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 382, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-214

  Theriault, E ^a   Frankenstein, U N ^b   Hertzberg, E L ^c   Nagy, J I ^d  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Filial cells; Gap junction proteins; Immunohistochenustry; Neuron survival; Subpial white matter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CONNEXIN 43; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL JUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE COMPRESSION; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031548034     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970602)382:2<199::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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