Taurine-activated chloride currents in the rat sacral dorsal commissural neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 792, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-47

  Wang, Dian Shi ^a   Xu, Tian Le ^a   Pang, Zhi Ping ^a   Li, Ji Shuo ^a   Akaike, Norio ^b  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acutely dissociated neurons; Chloride current; Nystatin perforated patch clamp; Sacral dorsal commissural nucleus; Strychnine sensitive glycine receptor; Taurine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; CHELERYTHRINE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE ION; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NYSTATIN; PICROTOXIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN; STRYCHNINE; TAURINE; ZINC ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CHLORIDE CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG MECHANISM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NYSTATIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; TAU PROTEINS; TAURINE; ZINC;

EID: 0032482119     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00119-X     Document Type: Article

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