Glial and neuronal connexin expression patterns in the rat spinal cord during development and following injury

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 489, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Lee, I Hui ^a,b   Lindqvist, Eva ^a   Kiehn, Ole ^a   Widenfalk, Johan ^a   Olson, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Gap junction; Microglia; Neuron; Oligodendrocyte

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBLAST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROGLIA; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 21644484590     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20567     Document Type: Article

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