Gap junctions and neurological disorders of the central nervous system

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1662, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 149-158

  Nakase, Taizen ^a   Naus, Christian C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junction; Glial cell; Neurological disease; Neuron

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EPILEPSY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTION; MICROGLIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 1642377170     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2004.01.009     Document Type: Review

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