Gap Junctions in the Nervous System (Neuroscience Intelligence Unit)

1. Gap Junctions in the Nervous System: An Introduction.- 2. Molecular Diversity and Plasticity of Gap Junctions in the Nervous System.- 3. Physiological Properties of Gap Junction Channels in the Nervous System.- 4. Gap Junctions as Electrical Synapses.- 5. Cell Coupling in the Retina.- 6. The Modulation of Gap Junction Permeability in the Retina.- 7. Modulation of Connexon Density in Gap Junctions of Fish Horizontal Cells.- 8. Characterization and Regulation of Gap Junction Channels in Cultured Astrocytes.- 9. Do Glial Gap Junctions Role in Extracellular Ion Homeostasis?.- 10. Subcellular Topography and Plasticity of Gap Junction Distribution on Astrocytes.- 11. Effect of Gap Junctional Communication on Glioma Cell Function.- 12. Gap Junctional Communication in Mammalian Cortical Astrocytes: Development, Modifiability and Possible Functions.- 13. Connexin32 and X-Linked-Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease.- 14. Regulation of Connexin Expression in Schwann Cells.- 15. Gap Junction Expression in the Olfactory System.- 16. Temporal Expression of Gap Junctions During Neuronal Ontogeny.- 17. Dendritic Gap Junctions in Developing Neocortex: A Possible Route for Wave-Like Propagation of Neuronal Activity.- 18. Electric Coupling in Epileptogenesis.- 19. Spreading Depression-A Gap Junction Mediated Event?