Curious and contradictory roles of glial connexins and pannexins in epilepsy

Brain Research

Volumn 1487, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-60

  Carlen, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connexin; Connexin hemichannel; Epilepsy; Gap junction; Glial cell; Pannexin

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PANNEXIN; POTASSIUM; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MECHANISM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; EPILEPSY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEUROGLIA; POTASSIUM; SEIZURES;

EID: 84869499315     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.06.059     Document Type: Review

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