Connexin43 and Bergmann Glial Gap Junctions in Cerebellar Function

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-233

  Tanaka, Mika ^a   Yamaguchi, Kazuhiko ^a   Tatsukawa, Tetsuya ^a   Theis, Martin ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^b   Itohara, Shigeyoshi ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

astrocyte; Bergmann glia; conditional knockout mouse; connexin43; gap junction

Indexed keywords

EID: 82855162609     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.01.038.2008     Document Type: Review

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