Role of connexin43 in central nervous system injury

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-261

  Chew, Shenton S L ^a   Johnson, Cameron S ^a   Green, Colin R ^a   Danesh Meyer, Helen V ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Ischemia; Neuroprotection; Trauma

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; CAPSAICIN; CARBENOXOLONE; CASPASE 3; CD68 ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIN 1; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NORADRENALIN; OCTANOL; PROTEIN BCL 2;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAP JUNCTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; NEURONS; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77956444351     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.07.014     Document Type: Review

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