Downregulation of Kir4.1 inward rectifying potassium channel subunits by RNAi impairs potassium transfer and glutamate uptake by cultured cortical astrocytes

GLIA

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 274-281

  Kucheryavykh, Y V ^a   Kucheryavykh, L Y ^a   Nichols, C G ^b   Maldonado, H M ^a   Baksi, K ^a   Reichenbach, A ^c   Skatchkov, S N ^a   Eaton, Misty J ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glutamate clearance; K+ buffering; Kcnj10; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KIR4.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; COLORIMETRY; DOWN REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BARIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOWN-REGULATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMEOSTASIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RATS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 33846862901     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20455     Document Type: Article

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