The molecular basis of water transport in the brain

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 991-1001

  Amiry Moghaddam, Mahmood ^a   Ottersen, Ole P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN WATER; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUID BALANCE; GLIA CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0344430036     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1252     Document Type: Review

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