Search Results - "Blomstrand, F"
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Gap junctions and connexin expression in the normal and pathological central nervous system
Published in Biology of the Cell (01-11-2002)“…Gap junctions are widely expressed in the various cell types of the central nervous system. These specialized membrane intercellular junctions provide the…”
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Kinetics of endothelin-induced inhibition and glucose permeability of astrocyte gap junctions
Published in Journal of neuroscience research (01-05-2006)“…Gap junctions contribute to important functions of communicating glial cells in brain physiology and pathology. Endothelins (ETs), a vasoactive family of…”
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Endothelins regulate astrocyte gap junctions in rat hippocampal slices
Published in The European journal of neuroscience (01-02-2004)“…Gap junctional communication (GJC) is a typical feature of astrocytes proposed to contribute to the role played by these glial cells in brain physiology and…”
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Reactive astrogliosis induces astrocytic differentiation of adult neural stem/progenitor cells in vitro
Published in Journal of neuroscience research (15-11-2006)“…Neural stem cells reside in defined areas of the adult mammalian brain, including the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. Rat neural stem/progenitor cells…”
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Extent of intercellular calcium wave propagation is related to gap junction permeability and level of connexin-43 expression in astrocytes in primary cultures from four brain regions
Published in Neuroscience (01-01-1999)“…Astrocytes are coupled via gap junctions, predominantly formed by connexin-43 proteins, into cellular networks. This coupling is important for the propagation…”
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5-hydroxytryptamine and glutamate modulate velocity and extent of intercellular calcium signalling in hippocampal astroglial cells in primary cultures
Published in Neuroscience (01-02-1999)“…The effects of 5-hydroxytryptamine or glutamate treatment on mechanically induced intercellular calcium waves were studied in gap junction-coupled astroglial…”
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Cell swelling, seizures and spreading depression: An impedance study
Published in Neuroscience (01-01-2006)“…The cellular processes that take place during the transition from pre-seizure state to seizure remain to be defined. In this study in awake, paralyzed rats, we…”
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Decreased oxidative stress during glycolytic inhibition enables maintenance of ATP production and astrocytic survival
Published in Neurochemistry international (01-08-2012)“…► Oxidative stress is an important contributor to delayed cell death in cultured astrocytes. ► Cell death involves AIF translocation, but not caspase…”
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Gap junction blockage limits intercellular spreading of astrocytic apoptosis induced by metabolic depression
Published in Journal of neurochemistry (01-08-2005)“…Astrocytes are highly coupled by gap junction channels, which allow transfer of intracellular signalling molecules and metabolites between connected cells…”
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Astrocytes and stroke: Networking for survival?
Published in Neurochemical research (01-02-2003)“…Astrocytes are now known to be involved in the most integrated functions of the central nervous system. These functions are not only necessary for the normally…”
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Distinct pharmacological properties of ET-1 and ET-3 on astroglial gap junctions and Ca(2+) signaling
Published in The American journal of physiology (01-10-1999)“…Astrocytes represent a major target for endothelins (ETs), a family of peptides that have potent and multiple effects on signal transduction pathways and can…”
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Astroglia and glutamate in physiology and pathology: aspects on glutamate transport, glutamate-induced cell swelling and gap-junction communication
Published in Neurochemistry international (01-08-2000)“…Astroglia have the capacity to monitor extracellular glutamate (Glu) and maintain it at low levels, metabolize Glu, or release it back into the extracellular…”
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Insulin-like growth factor-I increases astrocyte intercellular gap junctional communication and connexin43 expression in vitro
Published in Journal of neuroscience research (01-10-2003)“…Connexin43 (cx43) forms gap junctions in astrocytes, and these gap junctions mediate intercellular communication by providing transport of low‐molecular‐weight…”
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Stimulation of 5-HT2A receptors on astrocytes in primary culture opens voltage-independent Ca2+ channels
Published in Neurochemistry international (01-02-1998)“…Mechanisms underlying the 5-HT2A receptor induction of intracellular Ca2+ mobilization and Ca2+ influx in type I astroglial cells in primary culture from…”
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Single-cell volume estimation by three-dimensional wide-field microscopy applied to astroglial primary cultures
Published in Journal of neuroscience methods (30-10-1999)“…Astrocytes, which constitute a prominent part of the number and volume of brain cells, have a high capacity for controlling their volume, and astrocytic…”
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5-Hydroxytryptamine sub(2B) receptors stimulate Ca super(2+) increases in cultured astrocytes from three different brain regions
Published in Neurochemistry international (01-04-2000)“…The expression of 5-hydroxytryptamine-2B (5-HT sub(2B)) receptor mRNA has recently been shown in cultured astrocytes. Here the expression of functional 5-HT…”
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Gap junctions and connexin expression in the normal and pathological central nervous system
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Modulation of mechanically induced calcium waves in hippocampal astroglial cells. Inhibitory effects of α1-adrenergic stimulation
Published in Brain research (18-05-1998)“…The effects of different adrenoceptor agonists were investigated on mechanically induced Ca 2+ waves in astroglial cells in astroglial–neuronal mixed cultures…”
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