Molecular and Functional Asymmetry at a Vertebrate Electrical Synapse

Neuron

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 957-969

  Rash, JohnE ^a   Curti, Sebastian ^b,c   Vanderpool, KimberlyG ^a   Kamasawa, Naomi ^d   Nannapaneni, Srikant ^b   Palacios Prado, Nicolas ^b   Flores, CarmenE ^b   Yasumura, Thomas ^a   O'Brien, John ^e   Lynn, BruceD ^f   Bukauskas, Feliksas F ^b   Nagy, JamesI ^f   Pereda, AlbertoE ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^d MAX PLANCK FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 34.7; CONNEXIN 36; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMICAL SYNAPSE; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; GOLDFISH; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL; MAUTHNER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONNEXINS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; FISH PROTEINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GOLDFISH; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84884200413     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.06.037     Document Type: Article

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