The Role of Connexin and Pannexin Channels in Perinatal Brain Injury and Inflammation

Perinatal brain injury remains a major cause of death and life-long disability. Perinatal brain injury is typically associated with hypoxia-ischemia and/or infection/inflammation. Both hypoxia-ischemia and infection trigger an inflammatory response in the brain. The inflammatory response can contrib...

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Main Authors: Kelly Q. Zhou, Colin R. Green, Laura Bennet, Alistair J. Gunn, Joanne O. Davidson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.00141/full