Use of calcium imaging for analysis of neuronal gap junction coupling

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 445, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-30

  Arumugam, Harsha ^a   Denisova, Janna V ^b   Neve, Rachael L ^c   Corriveau, Roderick A ^d   Belousov, Andrei B ^a,b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

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

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Connexin; CREB; Cultures; Gap junctions; NMDA receptors

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 36; DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; CREB-BINDING PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HALOTHANE; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; VALINE;

EID: 52949119164     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.08.075     Document Type: Article

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