The intracellular tracer Neurobiotin alters electrophysiological properties of rat neostriatal neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-16

  Schlösser, Beate ^a   Ten Bruggencate, Gerrit ^a   Sutor, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Intracellular staining; Neostriatum; Neurobiotin; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; TRACER;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MICROELECTRODE; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; MICROELECTRODES; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0345676552     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00366-8     Document Type: Article

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