Glial connexin expression and function in the context of Alzheimer's disease

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1818, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2048-2057

  Koulakoff, Annette ^a,b,c   Mei, Xin ^a,b,c   Orellana, Juan A ^d   Sáez, Juan C ^e,f   Giaume, Christian ^a,b,c  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencias de Valparaíso   (Chile)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Connexin; Gap junction; Hemichannel; Microglia

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPONENT; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONNEXIN HEMICHANNEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CONNEXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROGLIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84861593904     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.10.001     Document Type: Review

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