Membrane voltage and whole-cell currents in cultured pericytes of control rats and rats with retinal dystrophy

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1045-1053

  Wagner, Ulrike ^a   Wiederholt, Michael ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Electrophysiology; K+ conductance; Pericytes; Rat; Royal College of Surgeons (RCS); Vasoactive substances

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); HISTAMINE; NORADRENALIN; OUABAIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MICROELECTRODE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PERICYTE; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0029803517     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609017654     Document Type: Article

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