Role of aquaporin-4 water channel in the development and integrity of the blood-brain barrier

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1297-1307

  Nico, Beatrice ^a   Frigeri, Antonio ^a   Nicchia, Grazia Paola ^a   Quondamatteo, Fabio ^b   Herken, Rainer ^b   Errede, Mariella ^a   Ribatti, Domenico ^a   Svelto, Maria ^a   Roncali, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Blood brain barrier; Chick embryo; Glial cell; Lipopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; GOLD; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBELLUM; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPENDYMA CELL; FREEZE FRACTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELENCEPHALON; TIGHT JUNCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER TRANSPORT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORINS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NEUROGLIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0035042335     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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