Connexin hemichannel blockade improves outcomes in a model of fetal ischemia

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-132

  Davidson, Joanne O ^a   Green, Colin R ^a   B Nicholson, Louise F ^a   O'Carroll, Simon J ^a   Fraser, Mhoyra ^b   Bennet, Laura ^a   Jan Gunn, Alistair ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FETUS; GRAY MATTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SLEEP; SURVIVAL; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; GENE TARGETING; MALE; NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREGNANCY; SEIZURES; SHEEP; SLEEP STAGES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856153262     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.22654     Document Type: Article

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