Myelination defects and neuronal hyperexcitability in the neocortex of Connexin 32-deficient mice

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 684-697

  Sutor, Bernd ^a   Schmolke, Cordula ^a,b,c   Teubner, Barbara ^a,b   Schirmer, Clemens ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Rheinische Kliniken Bonn   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; GAP JUNCTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033926069     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/10.7.684     Document Type: Article

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