Neuronal gap junctions: making and breaking connections during development and injury.

Abstract:

:In the mammalian central nervous system (CNS), coupling of neurons by gap junctions (i.e., electrical synapses) and the expression of the neuronal gap junction protein, connexin 36 (Cx36), transiently increase during early postnatal development. The levels of both subsequently decline and remain low in the adult, confined to specific subsets of neurons. However, following neuronal injury [such as ischemia, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and epilepsy], the coupling and expression of Cx36 rise. Here we summarize new findings on the mechanisms of regulation of Cx36-containing gap junctions in the developing and mature CNS and following injury. We also review recent studies suggesting various roles for neuronal gap junctions and in particular their role in glutamate-mediated neuronal death.

journal_name

Trends Neurosci

journal_title

Trends in neurosciences

authors

Belousov AB,Fontes JD

doi

10.1016/j.tins.2012.11.001

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-04-01 00:00:00

pages

227-36

issue

4

eissn

0166-2236

issn

1878-108X

pii

S0166-2236(12)00196-8

journal_volume

36

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