Gap junction communication in myelinating glia

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1828, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-78

  Nualart Marti, Anna ^a,b,c   Solsona, Carles ^a   Fields, R Douglas ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CMTX; Gap junction; Hemichannel; Intercellular communication; Myelinating glia; PMLD

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 46; CONNEXIN 47; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MYELIN; POTASSIUM ION;

ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMYELINATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GLIA; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATING GLIA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONNEXINS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MUTATION; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROGLIA;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84870061344     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.01.024     Document Type: Review

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