Pharmacological and genetic approaches to study connexin-mediated channels in glial cells of the central nervous system

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 160-176

  Giaume, Christian ^a   Theis, Martin ^b  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Gap junction; Glial network; Hemichannel; Oligodendrocyte

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; FLUFENAMIC ACID; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEFLOQUINE; NIFLUMIC ACID; PANNEXIN; PROBENECID; QUINIDINE; QUININE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHANNEL GATING; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DEMYELINATION; DRUG TARGETING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLIA CELL; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONNEXINS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77952426247     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: 18726321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2009.11.005     Document Type: Review

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