Spatial properties of astrocyte gap junction coupling in the rat hippocampus

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1654, 2014, Pages

  Anders, Stefanie ^a   Minge, Daniel ^a   Griemsmann, Stephanie ^a   Herde, Michel K ^a   Steinhäuser, Christian ^a   Henneberger, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Dentate gyrus; Gap junction coupling; Hippocampus; Spatial properties; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CELL ORGANELLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RODENT; SIGNAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

RATTUS;

ALEXA594; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ASTROCYTIC PROTEIN, MOUSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ASTROCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; ASTROCYTES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84907215701     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0600     Document Type: Article

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