Alterations in potassium currents may trigger neurodegeneration in murine scrapie

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 326-333

  Johnston, Alex R ^a   Fraser, Janet R ^b   Jeffrey, Martin ^c   MacLeod, Nikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Lasswade Veterinary Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Calcium channels; Electrophysiology; Hippocampus; Mice; Potassium channels; Prion; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCRAPIE;

EID: 0032101845     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6817     Document Type: Article

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