Expression of connexins during development and following manipulation of afferent input in the rat locus coeruleus

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 421-428

  Van Bockstaele, E J ^a   Garcia Hernandez, F ^a   Fox, K ^a   Alvarez, V A ^b,c   Williams, J T ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Development; Electrotonic coupling; Gap junctions; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGING; ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 2442695511     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2003.08.019     Document Type: Article

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