Aquaporin water channels in the nervous system

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 265-277

  Papadopoulos, Marios C ^a   Verkman, Alan S ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 4;

ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SENSE ORGAN; SPINAL GANGLION; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; WATER;

EID: 84875414010     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3468     Document Type: Review

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