Differential inhibition of glial K+ currents by 4-AP

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3476-3487

  Bordey, Angélique ^a   Sontheimer, Harald ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; DENDROTOXIN; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; GLIA CELL; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033396062     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.6.3476     Document Type: Article

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