Identification of connexin36 in gap junctions between neurons in rodent locus coeruleus
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Identification of connexin36 in gap junctions between neurons in rodent locus coeruleus.
Locus coeruleus neurons are strongly coupled during early postnatal development, and it has been proposed that these neurons are linked by extraordinarily abundant gap junctions consisting of connexin32 (Cx32) and connexin26 (Cx26), and that those same connexins abundantly link neurons to astrocytes. Based on the controversial nature of those claims, immunofluorescence imaging and freeze-fractu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuroscience
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0306-4522
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.04.061