Sleep deprivation and sleep recovery modifies connexin36 and connexin43 protein levels in rat brain

NeuroReport

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-107

  Franco Pérez, Javier ^a   Ballesteros Zebadúa, Paola ^a   Fernández Figueroa, Edith A ^b   Ruiz Olmedo, Isabel ^c   Reyes Grajeda, Pablo ^c   Paz, Carlos ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA GENÓMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

connexin36; connexin43; sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAP JUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 84855340183     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32834e8fcb     Document Type: Article

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