Gap Junctions and Hemichannels

Bruce R. Ransom; Zu-Cheng Ye

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195152227.003.0013

Gap Junctions and Hemichannels

Bruce R. Ransom
, Zu-Cheng Ye

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This chapter focuses on gap junctions and "half" gap junctions called hemichannels. The channels comprising a gap junction are large-diameter aqueous pores that extend from one cell, across the extracellular space, into an adjacent cell. These channels allow all inorganic ions and small organic molecules to diffuse freely from the interior of one cell into the interior of another cell. The general features of gap junctions and gap junctions in glial cells are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	NEUROFLIA
Editors	Helmut KETTENMANN, Bruce R. RANSOM
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Chapter	13
Edition	2nd
ISBN (Print)	9780199794591, 0195152220, 9780195152227
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195152227.003.0013
Publication status	Published - Oct 2004
Externally published	Yes

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Channel
Extracellular space
Gap junction
Glial cells
Half gap junctions

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