Developmental Regulation of Connexins 26, 32, 36, and 43 in Trigeminal Neurons

Synapse

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 258-271

  Honma, Shiho ^a   De, Shampa ^a   Li, Daniel ^a   Shuler, Charles F ^a   Turman Jr , Jack E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap junction; Motoneuron; Oral motor; Primary sensory neuron; Sucking

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SUCKING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 2342469409     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20022     Document Type: Article

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