Aquaporin-4 water channel protein in the rat retina and optic nerve: Polarized expression in Muller cells and fibrous astrocytes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2506-2519

  Nagelhus, Erlend A ^a   Veruki, Margaret L ^a   Torp, Reidun ^a   Haug, Finn M ^a   Laake, Jon H ^a   Nielsen, Søren ^b   Agre, Peter ^c   Ottersen, Ole P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Fibrous astrocytes; Muller cells; Potassium buffering; Retina; Water homeostasis

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID BALANCE; ION CONDUCTANCE; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WATER CONTENT; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0032053965     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-07-02506.1998     Document Type: Article

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