Two distinct heterotypic channels mediate gap junction coupling between astrocyte and oligodendrocyte connexins

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 51, 2007, Pages 13949-13957

  Orthmann Murphy, Jennifer L ^a,c   Freidin, Mona ^b   Fischer, Esther ^b   Scherer, Steven S ^a   Abrams, Charles K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Connexin; Gap junction; Glia; Myelin; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 47; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL JUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASTROCYTES; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

EID: 38449107562     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3395-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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