Connexin43 mRNA and protein expression during postnatal development of defined brain regions

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-101

  Åberg, N David ^a   Rönnbäck, Lars ^a   Eriksson, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Postnatal development; Rat brain; Regional distribution

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 18744430388     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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