Hemichannels in neurodegenerative diseases: Is there a link to pathology?

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Bosch, Megan ^a   Kielian, Tammy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Connexin; Hemichannels; Lysosomal storage disease; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926148953     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00242     Document Type: Article

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