Gap junctions are required for NMDA receptor-dependent cell death in developing neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2878-2886

  De Rivero Vaccari, Juan Carlos ^a   Corriveau, Roderick A ^c   Belousov, Andrei B ^b,d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Hematopoiesis   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 36; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36249008549     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00362.2007     Document Type: Article

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