Establishment of neurogenic microenvironment in the neurovascular unit: The connexin 43 story

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-111

  Salmina, Alla B ^a   Morgun, Andrey V ^a   Kuvacheva, Nataliya V ^a   Lopatina, Olga L ^a   Komleva, Yulia K ^a   Malinovskaya, Nataliya A ^a   Pozhilenkova, Elena A ^a  

^a KRASNOYARSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

connexins; neurogenic niche; neurovascular unit

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN STEM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR SECRETION; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROVASCULAR UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 84896794920     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2013-0044     Document Type: Article

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