Glycine-activated whole cell and single channel currents in rat cerebellar granule cells in culture

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-40

  Virginio, Caterina ^a,b   Cherubini, Enrico ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b GLAXO INST FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

chloride channel; gamma aminobutyric acid; glycine; single channel; zinc

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLYCINE; PICROTOXIN; STRYCHNINE; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; GRANULE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRYCHNINE; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 0031028801     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00164-2     Document Type: Article

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