Ischemia alters the expression of connexins in the aged human brain

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Nakase, Taizen ^a   Maeda, Tetsuya ^a   Yoshida, Yasuji ^a   Nagata, Ken ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SLICE; CADAVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 70350035713     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/147946     Document Type: Article

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