Connexin-47 and connexin-32 in gap junctions of oligodendrocyte somata, myelin sheaths, paranodal loops and Schmidt-Lanterman incisures: Implications for ionic homeostasis and potassium siphoning

Neuroscience

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-86

  Kamasawa, N ^a   Sik, A ^b   Morita, M ^a   Yasumura, T ^a   Davidson, K G V ^a   Nagy, J I ^c   Rash, J E ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Freeze fracture; Immunofluorescence; Immunogold labeling; Rodent

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 47; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MYELIN; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONDUCTANCE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IONIC STRENGTH; MALE; MOUSE; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RANVIER NODE; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FREEZE FRACTURING; GAP JUNCTIONS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN SHEATH; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POTASSIUM; RANVIER'S NODES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 26944484034     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.08.027     Document Type: Article

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