Distinct soluble astrocytic factors induce expression of outward K+ currents and ramification of brain macrophages

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 147-150

  Eder, Claudia ^a   Klee, Rolf ^a   Heinemann, Uwe ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

astrocyte conditioned medium; brain macrophages; mice; outward potassium current; ramification

Indexed keywords

CHARYBDOTOXIN; KALIOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SCORPION VENOMS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0030994107     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00281-4     Document Type: Article

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