Gap junction protein connexin43 is heterogeneously expressed among glial cells in the adult rabbit retina

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 407, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 395-403

  Johansson, Kjell ^a   Bruun, Anitha ^a   Ehinger, Berndt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Muller cell; Oligodendrocyte

Indexed keywords

2',3' CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE 3' PHOSPHODIESTERASE; CONNEXIN 43; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEUROGLIA; RABBITS; RETINA;

EID: 0033542061     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990510)407:3<395::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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