The effects of gap junction blockage on neuronal differentiation of human NTera2/clone D1 cells

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-32

  Bani Yaghoub, Mahmud ^a   Bechberger, John F ^a   Underhill, T Michael ^a   Naus, Christian C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbenoxolone; Connexin43; Dye coupling; Embryonal carcinoma; Glycyrrhetinic acid; Glycyrrhizic acid; Intercellular communication; Neurons; Oleanolic acid

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKERATIN; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; NESTIN; OLEANOLIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033030439     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6950     Document Type: Article

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