Gap junctions modulate interkinetic nuclear movement in retinal progenitor cells [PDF]
, 2005 During early retinal development, progenitor cells must divide repeatedly to expand the progenitor pool. During G1 and G2 of the cell cycle, progenitor cell nuclei migrate back-and-forth across the proliferative zone in a process termed interkinetic ...
Lüneborg, N.L. +7 more
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EXPRESSION OF GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN CX43 IN DEVELOPING MICE EPIDERMIS [PDF]
Kafrelsheikh Veterinary Medical Journal, 2009 Gap junctions are intercellular channels responsible for the exchangeof ions, second messengers and small metabolites between adjacentcells, and formed of connexin protein subunits.
K Steger +3 more
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Gap Junctions Regulate Seizure Activity – But in Unexpected Ways [PDF]
, 2013 Seizures are a poorly understood neurophysiological state epitomized by hypersynchronous excitatory brain activity. This chapter will explore the experimental and theoretical basis for the involvement of gap junctions in the generation of seizure ...
Voss, LJ +3 more
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Gap-junctional coupling between neutrophils and endothelial cells [PDF]
, 2003 Communication between leukocytes and endothelial cells is crucial for inflammatory reactions. Paracrine cross-talk and outside-in signaling (via adhesion molecules) have been characterized as communication pathways to date.
Gloe, Torsten +3 more
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Gap Junctions in the Nervous System: Probing Functional Connections Using New Imaging Approaches
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2018 Gap junctions are channels that physically connect adjacent cells, mediating the rapid exchange of small molecules, and playing an essential role in a wide range of physiological processes in nearly every system in the body, including the nervous system.
Ao Dong +7 more
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Gap resonance in the classical dynamics of the current-biased Josephson tunnel junctions
Physical Review Research, 2021 This paper reports a novel time-domain expression for the current-response kernels of a Josephson tunnel junction between BCS superconductors with in general different energy gaps, and its use to simulate the classical dynamics of such junctions.
Dmitri V. Averin
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Sub-micron thin film intrinsic Josephson junctions [PDF]
, 2003 We have fabricated sub-micron intrinsic Josephson junctions in thin films of Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O using two differing techniques suited to different applications. By using lateral focussed ion-beam milling we have created arrays of intrinsic junctions in c-axis
Grovenor, CRM +9 more
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Distinct roles for innexin gap junctions and hemichannels in mechanosensation
eLife, 2020 Mechanosensation is central to a wide range of functions, including tactile and pain perception, hearing, proprioception, and control of blood pressure, but identifying the molecules underlying mechanotransduction has proved challenging.
Denise S Walker, William R Schafer
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Connexin36 knockout mice display increased sensitivity to pentylenetetrazol-induced seizure-like behaviors [PDF]
, 2010 Large-scale synchronous firing of neurons during seizures is modulated by electrotonic coupling between neurons via gap junctions. To explore roles for connexin36 (Cx36) gap junctions in seizures, we examined the seizure threshold of connexin36 knockout (
Melin, Sofia M. +15 more
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The beneficial effects of cumulus cells and oocyte-cumulus cell gap junctions depends on oocyte maturation and fertilization methods in mice [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Cumulus cells are a group of closely associated granulosa cells that surround and nourish oocytes. Previous studies have shown that cumulus cells contribute to oocyte maturation and fertilization through gap junction communication.
Cheng-Jie Zhou +9 more
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