Gap junctions mediate bystander cell death in developing retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 6413-6422

  Cusato, Karen ^a   Bosco, Alejandra ^a   Rozental, Renato ^a   Guimarães, Cinthya A ^b,d   Reese, Benjamin E ^c   Linden, Rafael ^b   Spray, David C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bystander effect; Cell death; Development; Gap junctions; Inner nuclear layer; Retina

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; DEXTRAN; OCTANOL; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SIZE; GAP JUNCTION; HISTOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0041842653     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-16-06413.2003     Document Type: Article

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