Low external NaCl concentration and low osmolarity enhance voltage-gated Ca currents but depress K currents in freshly isolated rat hippocampal neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 851, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 189-197

  Somjen, George G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium current; Cell volume; Hyponatremia; Intracellular calcium; Osmotic effect; Potassium current

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL VOLUME; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPONATREMIA; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; HIPPOCAMPUS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0033392349     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02185-X     Document Type: Article

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