Connexins in neurons and glia: Targets for intervention in disease and injury

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1013-1017

  Moore, Keith B ^a   O’Brien, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine receptors; Amacrine cells; Astrocytes; Connexin mimetic peptides; Dopamine receptors; Ischemia; NMDA receptors; Retinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG TARGETING; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCAR FORMATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84938222727     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.160092     Document Type: Article

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