Heterogeneity of astrocyte resting membrane potentials and intercellular coupling revealed by whole-cell and gramicidin-perforated patch recordings from cultured neocortical and hippocampal slice astrocytes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 6850-6863

  McKhann II, Guy M ^a   D'Ambrosio, Raimondo ^a   Janigro, Damir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Box 359914 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Excitability; Glia neuronal interactions; Inward rectifier; Ion channel; Resting membrane potential; Spatial buffering

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030876205     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-18-06850.1997     Document Type: Article

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