Connexin 36 promotes cortical spreading depolarization and ischemic brain damage

Brain Research

Volumn 1479, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-85

  Bargiotas, Panagiotis ^a,b   Muhammad, Sajjad ^a,b   Rahman, Mahbubur ^a,b   Jakob, Nurith ^b   Trabold, Raimund ^f   Fuchs, Elke ^b,c   Schilling, Lothar ^d   Plesnila, Nikolaus ^e,f   Monyer, Hannah ^b,c   Schwaninger, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical spreading depression; Electrical synapse; Ischemia; MCAO; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONNEXINS; CORTICAL SPREADING DEPRESSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

MUS;

EID: 84867053335     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.08.046     Document Type: Article

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