Expression of Connexin36 in the adult and developing rat brain

Brain Research

Volumn 865, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-138

  Belluardo, Natale ^a   Mudò, Giuseppa ^b   Trovato Salinaro, Angela ^b   Le Gurun, Sabine ^c   Charollais, Anne ^d   Serre Beinier, Véronique ^d   Amato, Giuseppe ^a   Haefliger, Jacques Antoine ^c   Meda, Paolo ^d   Condorelli, Daniele F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain development; Connexin; Gap junction; Neuron; Parvalbumin

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONNEXINS; EYE PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PARVALBUMINS; PINEAL GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034685704     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02300-3     Document Type: Article

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