Autocellular coupling by gap junctions in cultured astrocytes: A new view on cellular autoregulation during process formation

GLIA

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-140

  Wolff, Joachim R ^a   Stuke, Karen ^a   Missler, Markus ^a,b   Tytko, Helga ^a   Schwarz, Peter ^a   Rohlmann, Astrid ^a,b   Chao, T Ivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell coupling; Cell culture; Connexin43; Cytoskeleton organization; Filopodia

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NERVE NET; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032171258     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199809)24:1<121::AID-GLIA12>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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