Corticosteroid effects on sodium and calcium currents in acutely dissociated rat CA1 hippocampal neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 663-672

  Werkman, T R ^a   Van Der Linden, S ^a   Joels M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adrenalectomy; corticosterone; glucocorticoid receptor; mineralocorticoid receptor; neuronal excitability; whole cell voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MIFEPRISTONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0030938410     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00624-0     Document Type: Article

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