Transgenic mice expressing a pH and Cl- sensing yellow-fluorescent protein under the control of a potassium channel promoter

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-50

  Metzger, Friedrich ^a   Repunte Canonigo, Vez ^a   Matsushita, Shinichi ^a   Akemann, Walther ^a   Diez Garcia, Javier ^b   Ho, Chi Shun ^c   Iwasato, Takuji ^a   Grandes, Pedro ^b   Itohara, Shigeyoshi ^a   Joho, Rolf H ^c   Knöpfel, Thomas ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain slices; Green fluorescent protein; Microfluorometry; Potassium channel; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CELL PH; CEREBELLUM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; THALAMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHLORIDES; GABA AGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCIMOL; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHAW POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0036460569     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01837.x     Document Type: Article

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