Gap junction coupling confers isopotentiality on astrocyte syncytium

GLIA

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 214-226

  Ma, Baofeng ^a   Buckalew, Richard ^b   Du, Yixing ^a   Kiyoshi, Conrad M ^a   Alford, Catherine C ^a   Wang, Wei ^a,c   Mctigue, Dana M ^a   Enyeart, John J ^a   Terman, David ^b   Zhou, Min ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coupling coefficient; Electrical coupling; K+ clearance; Membrane potential

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM ION; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MONOVALENT CATION; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIUM; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POTASSIUM; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84953839322     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.22924     Document Type: Article

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