Connexons and pannexons: Newcomers in neurophysiology

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue November, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Cheung, Giselle ^a   Chever, Oana ^a,b   Rouach, Nathalie ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Connexins; Hemichannels; learning and memory; Neurons; Pannexins; Plasticity; Synapses

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PANNEXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHAVIOR; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; SENSORY GATING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84908608407     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00348     Document Type: Review

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