Hemichannels in the neurovascular unit and white matter under normal and inflamed conditions

CNS and Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 404-414

  Orellana, Juan A ^a   Figueroa, Xavier F ^a   Sánchez, Helmuth A ^b   Contreras Duarte, Susana ^a   Velarde, Victoria ^a   Sáez, Juan C ^a,b,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencias de Valparaíso   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasculature; Connexins; Glial cells; Inflammation; Myelination; Pannexins

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOKINE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL ACTIVATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 79951714661     PISSN: 18715273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152711794653869     Document Type: Article

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