Connexin26 in adult rodent central nervous system: Demonstration at astrocytic gap junctions and colocalization with connexin30 and connexin43

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 441, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 302-323

  Nagy, James I ^a   Li, Xinbo ^a   Rempel, Jeremy ^a   Stelmack, Gerald ^a   Patel, Daywin ^b   Staines, William A ^b   Yasumura, Thomas ^c   Rash, John E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Connexons; Freeze fracture, immunogold labeling; Intercellular communication; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL LABELING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FREEZE FRACTURE; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; FREEZE FRACTURING; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035944942     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.1414     Document Type: Article

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