Expression of connexin57 in mouse development and in harmaline-tremor model

Neuroscience

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Zappala A ^a   Parenti, R ^a   La Delia, F ^a   Cicirata, V ^a   Cicirata, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Gap junction; Neurons; Rodent

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 57; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HARMALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFERIOR OLIVE; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RETINA CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREMOR; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONNEXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HARMALINE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION; TREMOR;

EID: 77957881718     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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