The ever-changing electrical synapse

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-72

  O'Brien, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CONNEXIN 35; CONNEXIN 36; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; DEEP CEREBELLAR NUCLEUS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GAP JUNCTION; INFERIOR OLIVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SODIUM CURRENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; MAUTHNER CELL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD;

ANIMALS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84902687335     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.05.011     Document Type: Review

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