Connexin32-null mice develop demyelinating peripheral neuropathy

GLIA

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-20

  Scherer, Steven S ^a   Xu, Yi Tian ^a   Nelles, Eric ^a   Fischbeck, Kenneth ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^b   Bone, Linda J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon Schwann cell interactions; Charcot Marie Tooth disease; CMTX; Demyelination; Gap junctions; Myelin; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MYELIN SHEATH; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHWANN CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONNEXINS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN SHEATH; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 0032171653     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199809)24:1<8::AID-GLIA2>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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