Accelerated hippocampal spreading depression and enhanced locomotory activity in mice with astrocyte-directed inactivation of connexin43

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 766-776

  Theis, Martin ^a,e   Jauch, Regina ^b   Zhuo, Lang ^c   Speidel, Dina ^a,f   Wallraff, Anke ^a   Döring, Britta ^a   Frisch, Christian ^d   Söhl, Goran ^a   Teubner, Barbara ^a   Euwens, Carsten ^a   Huston, Joseph ^d   Steinhäuser, Christian ^a   Messing, Albee ^c   Heinemann, Uwe ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cre loxP; Cx43; Dye coupling; Hippocampal astrocytes; Spreading depression

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CONNEXIN 43; DYE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC CODE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LETHALITY; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; TRANSGENE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037320715     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-03-00766.2003     Document Type: Article

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