Extracellular K+ and astrocyte signaling via connexin and pannexin channels

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2310-2316

  Scemes, Eliana ^a   Spray, David C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP release; Calcium waves; Dye coupling; Gap junction

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN DEPENDENT KINASE; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PANNEXIN1; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POTASSIUM ION; PURIGENIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONNEXINS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84871458711     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-012-0759-4     Document Type: Review

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