Properties of Retinal Glial Cell Potassium Channels

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-79

  Brand, S ^a   Hanke, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endfoot; M ller cell; Spatial buffering

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GLIA; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; TIME;

ANIMALS; NEUROGLIA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0040726922     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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