Deletion of neuronal gap junction protein connexin 36 impairs hippocampal LTP

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 502, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-32

  Wang, Yongfu ^a   Belousov, Andrei B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 36; Gap junctions; Hippocampus; LTP; NMDA receptors

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE DELETION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CONNEXINS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 80051785541     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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