The effect of depressing glial function in rat brain in situ on ion homeostasis, synaptic transmission, and neuron survival

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1219-1229

  Largo, Carlota ^a   Cuevas, Pedro ^a   Somjen, George G ^b   Martín Del Río, Rafael ^a   Herreras, Oscar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CA1; evoked potentials; extracellular space; fluorocitrate; glia; in vivo; ion homeostasis; K+; microdialysis; neuron injury; neuron glia relations; pH(o); spreading depression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029880586     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-03-01219.1996     Document Type: Article

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