The impact of astrocytic gap junctional coupling on potassium buffering in the hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 5438-5447

  Wallraff, Anke ^a   Köhling, Rüdiger ^b   Heinemann, Uwe ^c   Theis, Martin ^d   Willecke, Klaus ^a   Steinhäuser, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Cx30; Cx43; Epileptiform events; Hippocampus; Potassium buffering

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CONNEXIN 43; POTASSIUM; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GJB6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE DELETION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BUFFERS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SHAPE; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 33745003688     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0037-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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