Ontogeny of connexin 32 and 43 expression in the cerebral cortices of ovine fetuses, newborns, and adults

Brain Research

Volumn 1255, Issue , 2009, Pages 51-56

  Sadowska, Grazyna B ^a,b,c   Stopa, Edward G ^a,b,c   Stonestreet, Barbara S ^a,b,c  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Connexin; Development; Gap junction; Gestation; Maturation; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; LAMB; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; FETUS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 58949100679     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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