Intercellular calcium signaling and gap junctional communication in astrocytes

GLIA

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-64

  Giaume, Christian ^a,b   Venance, Laurent ^a  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Calcium waves; Connexin; Glial cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032171495     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199809)24:1<50::AID-GLIA6>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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