A key role for connexin hemichannels in spreading ischemic brain injury

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-46

  Davidson, Joanne O ^a   Green, Colin R ^a   Bennet, Laura ^a   Nicholson, Louise F B ^a   Danesh Meyer, Helen ^a   O'Carroll, Simon J ^a   Gunn, Alistair J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Connexin43; Fetal sheep; Gap junction hemichannel; Neuroprotection; Rat; Retina

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 36; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 47; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL SWELLING; EPILEPSY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPERFUSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84876710970     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: 18735592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138945013804806479     Document Type: Article

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