Delayed rectifier potassium currents induced in activated rat microglia set the resting membrane potential

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-76

  Chung, Sungkwon ^a   Joe, Eunhye ^b   Soh, Heun ^a   Lee, Moo Yeol ^a   Hyo Weon Bang, ^a  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

4 Aminopyridine; Delayed rectifier K+ channel; Lipopolysaccharide; Microglia; Resting membrane potential

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN CELL; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNELS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROGLIA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032512864     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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