Aquaporin-4-containing astrocytes sustain a temperature- and mercury-insensitive swelling in vitro

GLIA

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-38

  Nicchia, Grazia Paola ^a   Frigeri, Antonio ^a   Liuzzi, Grazia Maria ^a   Santacroce, Maria Pia ^a   Nico, Beatrice ^b   Procino, Giuseppe ^a   Quondamatteo, Fabio ^c   Herken, Reiner ^c   Roncali, Luisa ^b   Svelto, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AQP4; AQP7; Astrocyte swelling; Water channels

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; AQUAPORIN 4; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MODEL; MODEL; MOUSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WATER FLOW; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORINS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG RESISTANCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034053641     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(200007)31:1<29::AID-GLIA30>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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