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

• मुख्य लेखक: Juan Andres Orellana (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: Neurosciences; Brain; pannexon; Neuron; connexon; hemichannel; pannexin; astrocyte; glia; connexin; Microglia
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...