Oligodendrocytes in mouse corpus callosum are coupled via gap junction channels formed by Connexin47 and Connexin32

GLIA

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1104-1117

  Maglione, Marta ^a   Tress, Oliver ^b   Haas, Brigitte ^c   Karram, Khalad ^d   Trotter, Jacqueline ^d   Willecke, Klaus ^b   Kettenmann, Helmut ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Gap junction; Ion channel; Myelin; NG2; Olig2; Oligodendrocyte; Potassium (K+)

Indexed keywords

2',3' CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE 3' PHOSPHODIESTERASE; BIOCYTIN; CELL MARKER; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 47; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; STREPTAVIDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATCH CLAMP; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE;

2',3'-CYCLIC-NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ASTROCYTES; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CARBOCYANINES; CONNEXINS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GAP JUNCTIONS; LYSINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEOGLYCANS; STEM CELLS; STREPTAVIDIN;

EID: 77954422347     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20991     Document Type: Article

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