New roles for astrocytes: Gap junction hemichannels have something to communicate

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 610-617

  Bennett, Michael V L ^a   Contreras, Jorge E ^a,b   Bukauskas, Feliksas F ^a   Sáez, Juan C ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ASTROCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL KILLING; CYTOPLASM; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

EID: 0242380301     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2003.09.008     Document Type: Review

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