Effects of volatile anaesthetics on the membrane potential and ion channels of cultured neocortical astrocytes

Brain Research

Volumn 766, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 56-65

  Felisberti, Fatima ^a   Antkowiak, Bernd ^b   Kirschfeld, Kuno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Enflurane; Glia; Halothane; Isoflurane; Neocortex; Patch clamp; Volatile anaesthetic

Indexed keywords

ANION CHANNEL; ENFLURANE; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ION CHANNEL; ISOFLURANE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLIA CELL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ANIONS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; ENFLURANE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEOCORTEX; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030885585     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00554-4     Document Type: Article

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