Connexin 30 sets synaptic strength by controlling astroglial synapse invasion

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 549-558

  Pannasch, Ulrike ^a,b   Freche, Dominik ^c,d   Dallérac, Glenn ^a,b   Ghézali, Grégory ^a,b   Escartin, Carole ^e   Ezan, Pascal ^a,b   Cohen Salmon, Martine ^a,b   Benchenane, Karim ^f   Abudara, Veronica ^a,b   Dufour, Amandine ^g   Lübke, Joachim H R ^g,h   Déglon, Nicole ^e   Knott, Graham ⁱ   Holcman, David ^c,d   Rouach, Nathalie ^a,b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^e SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^f PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^g FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^h RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CONNEXIN 30; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MACROGLIA; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRATUM RADIATUM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL MOVEMENT; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84897375439     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3662     Document Type: Article

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