From neuro-glue ('Nervenkitt') to glia: A prologue

GLIA

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Dermietzel, Rolf ^a   Spray, David C ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; GENETICS; GLIA; HUMAN; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEUROGLIA;

EID: 0032171457     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199809)24:1<1::AID-GLIA1>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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