Ultrastructural localization of connexins (Cx36, Cx43, Cx45), glutamate receptors and aquaporin-4 in rodent olfactory mucosa, olfactory nerve and olfactory bulb

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 34, Issue 3-5, 2005, Pages 307-341

  Rash, John E ^a   Davidson, Kimberly G V ^a   Kamasawa, Naomi ^a   Yasumura, Thomas ^a   Kamasawa, Masami ^a   Zhang, Chunbo ^b   Michaels, Robin ^c   Restrepo, Diego ^c   Ottersen, Ole P ^d   Olson, Carl O ^e   Nagy, James I ^e  

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

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICRORNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RNA BINDING; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; AXONS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DENDRITES; FREEZE FRACTURING; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENOMICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

RODENTIA;

EID: 33746100294     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11068-005-8360-2     Document Type: Article

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