Connexins and gap junctional communication in astrocytes are targets for neuroglial interaction

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2001, Pages 203-214

  Rouach, N ^a   Giaume, C ^a  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KAINIC ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM ION; PROTON;

ANIMAL CELL; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0035783485     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(01)32077-0     Document Type: Article

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