Identification of connexin36 in gap junctions between neurons in rodent locus coeruleus

Neuroscience

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 938-956

  Rash, J E ^a   Olson, C O ^b   Davidson, K G V ^a   Yasumura, T ^a   Kamasawa, N ^a   Nagy, J I ^b  

^a Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

astrocytes; connexin26; connexin32; connexin43; oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

2',3' CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE 3' PHOSPHODIESTERASE; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONNEXINS; FREEZE FRACTURING; GAP JUNCTIONS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RODENTIA;

EID: 34547095765     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.04.061     Document Type: Article

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