Diversity of Functional Astroglial Properties in the Respiratory Network

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1358-1365

  Graß, Dennis ^a   Pawlowski, Petra G ^b   Hirrlinger, Johannes ^b,c   Papadopoulos, Nestoras ^a   Richter, Diethelm W ^a   Kirchhoff, Frank ^b   Hülsmann, Swen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem; EGFP; GFAP (glial fibrillary acidic protein); Glutamate; Neuron glia interaction; Potassium (K)

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KAINIC ACID; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING MECHANICS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STEM CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL MEMBRANE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAINIC ACID; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM;

EID: 1242336767     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4022-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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