Embryonic rat spinal cord neurons change expression of glycine receptor subtypes during development in vitro

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 579-592

  Withers, Michelle D ^a,b   St John, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cell culture; glycine receptor; monoclonal antibody; spinal cord neuron; whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSS REACTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; GLYCINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030922232     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19970605)32:6<579::AID-NEU4>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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