Astrocytic gap junctions remain open during ischemic conditions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2520-2537

  Cotrina, Maria Luisa ^a   Kang, Jian ^a   Lin, Jane H C ^a   Bueno, Earl ^a   Hansen, Thomas W ^a   He, Lili ^a   Liu, Yulin ^a   Nedergaard, Maiken ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calcium; Cell culture; Digital imaging; IP3; pH; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; ION CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032054926     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-07-02520.1998     Document Type: Article

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