Do glia have heart? Expression and functional role for ether-a-go-go currents in hippocampal astrocytes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3915-3925

  Emmi, Adriana ^a   Wenzel, H Jurgen ^a   Schwartzkroin, Philip A ^a   Taglialatela, Maurizio ^b   Castaldo, Pasqualina ^b   Bianchi, Laura ^c   Nerbonne, Jeanne ^d   Robertson, Gail A ^e   Janigro, Damir ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epileptogenesis; Glia neuronal interactions; Homeostasis; Inherited epilepsy; Long QT; Spatial buffering; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034657769     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-10-03915.2000     Document Type: Article

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