Connexin36 vs. connexin32, "miniature" neuronal gap junctions, and limited electrotonic coupling in rodent suprachiasmatic nucleus

Neuroscience

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 350-371

  Rash, J E ^a   Olson, C O ^b   Pouliot, W A ^a,c   Davidson, K G V ^a   Yasumura, T ^a   Furman, C S ^a,d   Royer, S ^a   Kamasawa, N ^a   Nagy, J I ^b   Dudek, F E ^a,c  

^a Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

electrical synapse; freeze fracture replica immunogold labeling; immunocytochemistry; metabolic coupling; spikelet; synchrony

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43; LIDOCAINE ETHOBROMIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL POPULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FREEZE FRACTURE; GAP JUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; DETERGENTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FREEZE FRACTURING; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 35348907863     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.06.052     Document Type: Article

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