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Abbreviations

α-GA:

Alpha-glycyrrhetinic acid

ATP:

Adenosine 5′-triphosphate

cAMP:

Cyclic adenosine monophosphate

BBB:

Blood–brain barrier

CL:

Intracellular loop

CMTX:

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

CT:

Carboxyl terminus

Cx:

Connexin

ER:

Endoplasmic reticulum

FFA:

Flufenamic acid

HNSD:

Hereditary nonsyndromic deafness

HT:

Heterozygote

ICW:

Intercellular Ca2+ wave

IL:

Interleukin

IP3:

Inositol trisphosphate

Kir:

Inward rectifying K+ channel

LINC:

Long-term increase in coupling

NMR:

Nuclear magnetic resonance

NT:

Amino terminus

M:

Membrane segments

TLR:

Toll-like receptor

TNF-α:

Tumor necrosis factor-α

WT:

Wildtype

ZO:

Zonula occludens

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      Scemes, E., Spray, D. (2009). Connexin Expression (Gap Junctions and Hemichannels) in Astrocytes. In: Haydon, P., Parpura, V. (eds) Astrocytes in (Patho)Physiology of the Nervous System. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79492-1_5

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