Gap junction-mediated loops of neuronal-glial interactions

GLIA

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-107

  Fróes, Maira M ^a   Campos De Carvalho, Antônio C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Electric and metabolic coupling; Gap junctions; Neuronal glial interactions; Syncytial organization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; GIANT CELL; GLIA; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 7344252509     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199809)24:1<97::AID-GLIA10>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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