The weaver mouse gain-of-function phenotype of dopaminergic midbrain neurons is determined by coactivation of wvGirk2 and K-ATP channels

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 8839-8848

  Liss, Birgit ^a   Neu, Axel ^a   Roeper, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Girk2; K ATP channel; Neurodegeneration; Parkinson's disease; Single cell RT PCR; Substantia nigra; Weaver

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALBINDIN; DOPAMINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TOLBUTAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0033570331     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-20-08839.1999     Document Type: Article

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