Carbenoxolone blockade of neuronal network activity in culture is not mediated by an action of gap junctions

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 553, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 729-745

  Rouach, N ^a,b,d   Segal, M ^a   Koulakoff, A ^b   Giaume, C ^b   Avignone, E ^a,b,c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIN 1; GLUTAMIC ACID; PEPTIDE; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL ISOLATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ASTROCYTE CULTURE; BRAIN CELL CULTURE; FEMALE; FIRING RATE; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONAL CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM; CARBENOXOLONE; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0345767127     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.053439     Document Type: Article

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