Inwardly rectifying K+ currents in isolated human retinal pigment epithelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1125-1139

  Hughes, Bret A ^a,b   Takahira, Masayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

K+ currents; patch clamp; retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CESIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM;

EID: 0029994746     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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