Intracellular acidification reduced gap junction coupling between immature rat neocortical pyramidal neurones

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 490, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-49

  Rörig, Birgit ^a   Klausa, Gaby ^a   Sutor, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; OCTANOL; PROPIONIC ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

EID: 0030065414     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021125     Document Type: Article

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