The role of gap junctions in the brain in health and disease

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 206-217

  Dere, Ekrem ^a   Zlomuzica, Armin ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Connexins; Cx30; Cx36; Cx43; Cx45; Drug addiction; Epilepsy; Gamma frequency; High frequency oscillation; Learning and memory; Mutant mice; Neuronal synchronization; Theta frequency

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 31; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HEPTANOL; MEFLOQUINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OCTANOL; OLEAMIDE; QUINIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPSY; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; HEALTH; HEARING LOSS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS;

EID: 82855175248     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.05.015     Document Type: Review

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