Gap junction wiring: A 'new' principle in cell-to-cell communication in the nervous system?

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 176-183

  Dermietzel, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical synapses; Gap junctions; Glia; Intercellular volume transmission; Interneuronal communication; Molecular neuroscience

Indexed keywords

CELL COMMUNICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032079129     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(97)00031-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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