Role of connexin-based gap junction channels and hemichannels in ischemia-induced cell death in nervous tissue

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 290-303

  Contreras, Jorge E ^a   Sánchez, Helmuth A ^a   Véliz, Loreto P ^a   Bukauskas, Feliksas F ^b   Bennett, Michael V L ^b   Sáez, Juan C ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Connexon; Glia; Intercellular channel; Intercellular communication; Necrosis; Neuron

Indexed keywords

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DEATH; CONNEXINS; DIFFUSION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 9644302728     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2004.08.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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