Dye coupling and connexin expression by cortical radial glia in the early postnatal subventricular zone

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1482-1497

  Freitas, Andressa S ^a   Xavier, Anna L R ^a   Furtado, Carla M ^a   Hedin Pereira, Cecilia ^a   Fróes, Maira M ^a   Menezes, João R L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Carbocyanine; Gliogenesis; Neurogenesis; RMS

Indexed keywords

CARBOCYANINE; DYE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; GLIA CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOQUINOLINES; MICE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84868570159     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22005     Document Type: Article

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