Neuroprotective role of astrocytic gap junctions in ischemic stroke

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 10, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 413-417

  Nakase, Taizen ^a,b   Fushiki, Shinji ^b   Söhl, Goran ^c   Theis, Martin ^c   Willecke, Klaus ^c   Naus, Christian C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Connexin43; Cre loxP; Gap junction; GFAP; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CELL MARKER; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347126463     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/cac.10.4-6.413.417     Document Type: Article

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