ATP-induced membrane currents in ameboid microglia acutely isolated from mouse brain slices

Neuroscience

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 257-261

  Haas, S ^a   Brockhaus, J ^a   Verkhratsky, A ^a   Kettenmann, H ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

ATP; corpus callosum; membrane current; mice; microglia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030572760     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00270-9     Document Type: Article

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