Heterogeneous distribution of Kir3 potassium channel proteins within dopaminergic neurons in the mesencephalon of the rat brain

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-302

  Eulitz, Dirk ^a,b   Prüss, Harald ^a   Derst, Christian ^a   Veh, Rüdiger W ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dopamine; GIRK; SNc; Substantia nigra; Ventral tegmental area; VTA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KIR3.1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KIR3.2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KIR3.3; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KIR3.4; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RABBIT; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; DOPAMINE; G PROTEIN-COUPLED INWARDLY-RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MESENCEPHALON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 34248584913     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-006-9118-9     Document Type: Article

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