Disruption of oligodendrocyte gap junctions in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

GLIA

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1053-1066

  Markoullis, Kyriaki ^a   Sargiannidou, Irene ^a   Gardner, Christopher ^b   Hadjisavvas, Andreas ^a   Reynolds, Richard ^b   Kleopa, Kleopas A ^a  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin32; Connexin43; Connexin47; Demyelinating disease; Multiple sclerosis (MS)

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 47;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RELAPSE; REMISSION; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLIGODENDROGLIA;

EID: 84860654112     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.22334     Document Type: Article

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