| Title |
Gap Junctions Couple Astrocytes and Oligodendrocytes
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, January 2008
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| DOI | 10.1007/s12031-007-9027-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jennifer L. Orthmann-Murphy, Charles K. Abrams, Steven S. Scherer |
| Abstract |
In vertebrates, a family of related proteins called connexins form gap junctions (GJs), which are intercellular channels. In the central nervous system (CNS), GJs couple oligodendrocytes and astrocytes (O/A junctions) and adjacent astrocytes (A/A junctions), but not adjacent oligodendrocytes, forming a "glial syncytium." Oligodendrocytes and astrocytes each express different connexins. Mutations of these connexin genes demonstrate that the proper functioning of myelin and oligodendrocytes requires the expression of these connexins. The physiological function of O/A and A/A junctions, however, remains to be illuminated. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 196 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 27% |
| Researcher | 25 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 30 | 15% |
| Unknown | 34 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 53 | 26% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 52 | 26% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 19 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 8% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 18 | 9% |
| Unknown | 38 | 19% |
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