Electrical signaling with neuronal gap junctions

Connexins: A Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 143-164

  Connors, Barry W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cx35; Cx36; Cx37; Cx40; Cx45; Cx50; Electrical coupling; Electrical synapses; Modulation; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920070287     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-489-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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