Sodium current amplitude increases dramatically in human retinal glial cells during diseases of the eye

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2662-2670

  Francke, M ^a   Pannicke, T ^a   Biedermann, B ^a   Faude, F ^a   Reichelt, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action potential; Glial sodium channels; Muller cells; Retinal pathology; Steady state inactivation

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUELLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; SODIUM CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EYE DISEASES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; KINETICS; NEUROGLIA; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; SAXITOXIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0030449702     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01561.x     Document Type: Article

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