Somatic localization of a specific large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel subtype controls compartmentalized ethanol sensitivity in the nucleus accumbens

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 29, 2004, Pages 6563-6572

  Martin, Gilles ^a   Puig, Sylvie ^a   Pietrzykowski, Andrzej ^a   Zadek, Paula ^a   Emery, Patrick ^a   Treistman, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumbens; Alcohol; Channel; Dendrite; Patch clamp; Reverse transcription PCR; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; RNA; SODIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADDICTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION CONDUCTANCE; KIDNEY CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ETHANOL; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 3242758411     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0684-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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