Increased apoptosis and inflammation after focal brain ischemia in mice lacking connexin43 in astrocytes

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2067-2075

  Nakase, Taizen ^a   Söhl, Goran ^b   Theis, Martin ^b,c   Willecke, Klaus ^b   Naus, Christian C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CD11B ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE;

EID: 2442707974     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63765-0     Document Type: Article

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