Gap junctions between cultured astrocytes: immunocytochemical, molecular, and electrophysiological analysis.

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Published in J Neurosci on May 01, 1991

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R Dermietzel1, E L Hertberg, J A Kessler, D C Spray

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1: Department of Anatomy, University of Regensburg, Germany.

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