On the search for the electrical synapse: A glimpse at the future

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 310, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-142

  Zoidl, Georg ^a   Dermietzel, Rolf ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin; Electrical synapse; Gap junction; Innexin; Neuron; Oscillation; Pannexin

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL CLONING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPHAPSE; GAP JUNCTION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFERIOR OLIVE; INTERNEURON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHYTHM; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE PROTEINS; FORECASTING; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

ASTACOIDEA;

EID: 0036913074     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-002-0632-x     Document Type: Short Survey

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