Short term regulation of aquaporin 4 and its role in the transportation of water across astrocytic basolateral membrane
Aquaporin 4 (AQP4) is a tetrameric water channel protein with a pore in each monomer. AQP4 is the most abundant water channel protein in the brain, highly expressed in astrocytes. AQP4 knockout mice are protected against cytotoxic brain oedema. A cytotoxic brain oedema is where the blood brain barri...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Published: |
University of Warwick
2014
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.658971 |