Single Membrane Channels Formed by Connexins or Pannexins: Focus on the Nervous System

• Main Author: Juan Andres Orellana (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Brain; pannexon; Neuron; connexon; hemichannel; pannexin; astrocyte; glia; connexin; Microglia
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Given that the extremely elaborated and dynamic functions performed by the nervous system require the close synchronization of brain cells, complex organisms have developed different mechanisms of intercellular communication. At this regard, paracrine signaling between neighboring cells is currently...