Changes in the properties of gap junctions during neuronal differentiation of hippocampal progenitor cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1753-1762

  Rozental, Renato ^a,b   Morales, Mildred ^a   Mehler, Mark F ^a   Urban, Marcia ^a   Kremer, Marion ^c   Dermietzel, Rolf ^c   Kessler, John A ^a   Spray, David C ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexins; Cx33; Cx40; Cx43; Cytokines; Development; Electrotonic coupling

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 0032031637     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-05-01753.1998     Document Type: Article

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