New possible roles for aquaporin‐4 in astrocytes: cell cytoskeleton and functional relationship with connexin43
Open Access
- 27 July 2005
- journal article
- fj express-summaries
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 19 (12), 1674-1676
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.04-3281fje
Abstract
Aquaporin-4 (AQP4), the main water channel in the brain, is expressed in the perivascular membranes of mouse, rat, and human astrocytes. In a previous study, we used small interfering RNA (siRNA) to ...Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (NS41282)
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