Gap junction-mediated astrocytic networks in the mouse barrel cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5207-5217

  Houades, Vanessa ^a,b   Koulakoff, Annette ^a,b   Ezan, Pascal ^a,b   Seif, Isabelle ^c   Giaume, Christian ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^c University of Paris XI   (France)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Barrel; Connexin; Gap junction; Neuroglial interaction; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; BIOCYTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GJB6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LISSAMINE RHODAMINE B; LYSINE; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; DIFFUSION; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIBRISSA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DIFFUSION; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RHODAMINES; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 45549083671     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5100-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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