Endothelins regulate astrocyte gap junctions in rat hippocampal slices

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1005-1015

  Blomstrand, F ^a,c   Venance, L ^a   Siren A L ^b   Ezan, P ^a   Hanse, E ^c   Glowinski, J ^a   Ehrenreich, H ^b   Giaume, C ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Bosentan; Connexin; Endothelin; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; BOSENTAN; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 3; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR AGONIST; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MUTANT; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 1542269735     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03197.x     Document Type: Article

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