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Connexin 30 controls the extension of astrocytic processes into the synaptic cleft through an unconventional non-channel function

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    Jerome Clasadonte & Philip G. Haydon

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Clasadonte, J., Haydon, P.G. Connexin 30 controls the extension of astrocytic processes into the synaptic cleft through an unconventional non-channel function. Neurosci. Bull. 30, 1045–1048 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-014-1476-6

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