GFAP mRNA positive glia acutely isolated from rat hippocampus predominantly show complex current patterns

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-131

  Zhou, Min ^a   Schools, Gary P ^a   Kimelberg, Harold K ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute cell isolation; Electrophysiologically complex glia; Patch clamp; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROGLIA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034629242     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00341-1     Document Type: Article

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