The regulation and role of neuronal gap junctions during development

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 579-581

  Belousov, Andrei B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 36; Development; Electrical synapses; GABA receptors; Gap junctions; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Neuronal death

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007349777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.16380     Document Type: Article

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