Connexin 43 regulates astrocytic migration and proliferation in response to injury

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 486, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-201

  Homkajorn, B ^a   Sims, N R ^a   Muyderman, H ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Connexin 43; Nucleofection; Scratch wound

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICRORNA; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CELL COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; DOWN-REGULATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLIOSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78049371314     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.09.051     Document Type: Article

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