Connexin mRNA expression in single dopaminergic neurons of substantia nigra pars compacta

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-426

  Vandecasteele, Marie ^a   Glowinski, Jacques ^a   Venance, Laurent ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Connexin; Dopaminergic neuron; Electrical synapse; Gap junction; Single cell RT PCR; Substantia nigra pars compacta

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 31; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; DOPAMINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 33751229629     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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