Gap junctions equalize intracellular Na+ concentration in astrocytes

GLIA

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-307

  Rose, Christine R ^a   Ransom, Bruce R ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling; Glia; Octanol; SBFI; Sodium potassium ATPase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; OCTANOL; SODIUM; SODIUM BINDING BENZOFURAN ISOPHTHALATE; SODIUM-BINDING BENZOFURAN ISOPHTHALATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BENZOFURANS; CELLS, CULTURED; ETHERS, CYCLIC; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; OCTANOLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM;

EID: 0031214930     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199708)20:4<299::AID-GLIA3>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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