Antisense oligonucleotides induce functional deletion of ligand gated ion channels in cultured neurons and brain explants

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-64

  Brussaard, Arjen B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

antisense oligonucleotide; GABA(A) receptor; inhibitory postsynaptic currents; ligand gated channel; medial habenula; nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; primary cultured neuron; single channel activity; slice culture; sympathetic ganglion; visual cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPLANT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LIGANDS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0031004186     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00126-4     Document Type: Article

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