Guanosine promotes the up-regulation of inward rectifier potassium current mediated by Kir4.1 in cultured rat cortical astrocytes

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 430-445

  Benfenati, Valentina ^a   Caprini, Marco ^a   Nobile, Mario ^b   Rapisarda, Carmela ^a   Ferroni, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astroglia; Guanine based purines; Inward rectifier k+ channel; Neuroprotection; Pathophysiology; Potassium buffering

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR4.1; NUCLEOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; MACROGLIA; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; TRANSLATION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COS CELLS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUANOSINE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RATS; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33746480272     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03877.x     Document Type: Article

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