Influence of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion on gap junction ultrastructure and expression of connexin (Cx) 36, Cx32, and Cx26 in hippocampus: Experiment with rats

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 89, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1071-1074

  Xiong, Li ^a   Zhang, Jun Jian ^a   Sun, Dong ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion; Connexin 26; Connexin 32; Connexin 36

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 36;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CELL DENSITY; CELL MEMBRANE; COGNITION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONNEXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 77954947537     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2009.15.016     Document Type: Article

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