Intercellular communication in spinal cord astrocytes: Fine tuning between gap junctions and P2 nucleotide receptors in calcium wave propagation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1435-1445

  Scemes, Eliana ^a   Suadicani, Sylvia O ^a,b   Spray, David C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University Sao Judas Tadeu   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium waves; Connexin; Connexin43; Glia; Knock out mice; Purinoceptor; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLTHIOADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE 5' O (2 THIODIPHOSPHATE); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PURINE P2Y RECEPTOR; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SURAMIN; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; GAP JUNCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034652098     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-04-01435.2000     Document Type: Article

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