Long-lasting dephosphorylation of connexin 43 in acute seizures is regulated by NMDA receptors in the rat cerebral cortex

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 721-727

  Zádor, Zsolt ^a,b   Weiczner, R ^a   Mihaly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; Connexin 43; Epilepsy; Gap junction; Phosphorylation; Rat

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; DIZOCILPINE; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

RATTUS;

EID: 69449099790     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr_00000019     Document Type: Article

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