Connexin-based therapeutic approaches to inflammation in the central nervous system

Connexin Cell Communication Channels: Roles in the Immune System and Immunopathology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 273-306

  Zhang, Jie ^a   O’Carroll, Simon J ^a   Danesh Meyer, Helen V ^a   Van der Heyde, Henri C ^b   Becker, David L ^c   Nicholson, Louise F B ^a   Green, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b La Jolla Infectious Disease Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1201/b14166     Document Type: Chapter

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