Gap junctional channel inhibition alters actin organization and calcium propagation in rat cultured astrocytes

Neuroscience

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 593-603

  Yamane, Y ^a   Shiga, H ^a   Asou, H ^b   Ito, E ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium signaling; Connexin; Differentiation; F actin; Glia; Octanol

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; ACTIN; CALCIUM; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HEXANOL; OCTANOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS FIBER;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BUCLADESINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTIONS; ION CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0037025055     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00095-7     Document Type: Article

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