Article Information
- Received June 1, 1999
- Revision received August 23, 1999
- Accepted September 7, 1999
- First published November 15, 1999.
- Version of record published November 15, 1999.
Author Information
- Midituru Srinivas1,
- Renato Rozental1,2,
- Takashi Kojima1,
- Rolf Dermietzel3,
- Mark Mehler1,2,
- Daniele F. Condorelli4,
- John A. Kessler1,2, and
- David C. Spray1
- 1Departments of Neuroscience and Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461,
- 2Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Goias, 74000 Goias, Brazil,
- 3Department of Neuroanatomy/Molecular Brain Research, Ruhr University, D-44780 Bochum, Germany, and
- 4Institute of Biochemistry, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
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Disclosures
- Received June 1, 1999.
- Revision received August 23, 1999.
- Accepted September 7, 1999.
This work was supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grants NS34931, NS07512, NS34009, NS34758 and by the F. M. Kirby Foundation (through a generous grant to the Rose F. Kennedy Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine). We are very grateful to Dr. Harris Ripps for providing us with the Cx35 antibody, for discussing how best to use it, and for comments on an earlier version of this manuscript; without his input much of this work could not have been completed. We also gratefully acknowledge the technical assistance of Ms. Marcia Urban, Ms. Eileen Craig, and Ms. Carmen Flores and the secretarial assistance of Ms. Frances Andrade.
Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. David C. Spray, Department of Neuroscience, 712 Kennedy Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461. E-mail: spray{at}aecom.yu.edu.