Neuronal gap junction coupling is regulated by glutamate and plays critical role in cell death during neuronal injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 713-725

  Wang, Yongfu ^a   Song, Ji Hoon ^a   Denisova, Janna V ^a   Park, Won Mee ^a   Fontes, Joseph D ^a   Belousov, Andrei B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 2; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 3; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS;

EID: 84862908081     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3872-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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