Age-related decrease of potassium currents in glial (Müller) cells of the human retina

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 464-468

  Bringmann, Andreas ^a   Kohen, Leon ^a   Wolf, Sebastian ^a   Wiedemann, Peter ^a   Reichenbach, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Calcium channel; M ller glial cell; Neuroglia; Potassium channel; Retina

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE DISEASE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUELLER CELL; ORGAN DONOR; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; RETINA;

EID: 0345254961     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(03)80024-8     Document Type: Article

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