Inwardly rectifying potassium (IRK) currents are correlated with IRK subunit expression in rat nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 6650-6661

  Mermelstein, Paul G ^a   Song, Wen Jie ^a   Tkatch, Tatiana ^a   Yan, Zhen ^a   James Surmeier, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enkephalin; Inward rectifier; Medium spiny neurons; Potassium channels; Single cell RT PCR; Substance P; Ventral striatum; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EFFERENT NERVE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0032171196     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-17-06650.1998     Document Type: Article

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