Levels of transient gap junctions between the retinal pigment epithelium and the neuroblastic retina are influenced by catecholamines and correlate with patterns of cell production

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 503, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 128-134

  Tibber, Marc S ^a   Becker, David ^b   Jeffery, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albinism; Cleavage; Development; Proliferation; Retina; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; CATECHOLAMINE; CONNEXIN 43; LEVODOPA;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GAP JUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MELANOGENESIS; MITOSIS RATE; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEURONS; ORGANOGENESIS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 34347394951     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21388     Document Type: Article

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