Genetic and physiological evidence that oligodendrocyte gap junctions contribute to spatial buffering of potassium released during neuronal activity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 43, 2006, Pages 10984-10991

  Menichella, Daniela M ^a,d   Majdan, Marta ^a   Awatramani, Rajeshwar ^b   Goodenough, Daniel A ^a   Sirkowski, Erich ^c   Scherer, Steven S ^c   Paul, David L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Connexin; Demyelination; Gap junction; Oligodendrocyte; Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 47; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MYELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING;

EID: 33751119547     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0304-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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