Calcium waves between astrocytes from Cx43 knockout mice

GLIA

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-73

  Scemes, Eliana ^a,c   Dermietzel, Rolf ^b   Spray, David C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP receptors; Connexins; Gap junctions; Heptanol; Intercellular communication; Suramin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032171648     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1136(199809)24:1<65::aid-glia7>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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