Connexin43 is not expressed in principal cells of mouse cortex and hippocampus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 267-274

  Theis, Martin ^a,b   Söhl, Goran ^a   Speidel, Dina ^a,c   Kühn, Ralf ^a,d   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cre loxP; Cx43; Gap junctions; Hippocampal pyramidal neurons

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REPORTER GENE; RNA PROBE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNEXIN 43; CROSS REACTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, REPORTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0042734498     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02740.x     Document Type: Article

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