Astrocyte membrane responses and potassium accumulation during neuronal activity

Hippocampus

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1100-1108

  Meeks, Julian P ^a   Mennerick, Steven ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; CA1; Hippocampus; Inwardly rectifying potassium channel; Potassium homeostasis; Synapse

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRODE; EVOKED RESPONSE; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; BARIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; KINETICS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, KIR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 36348981706     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20344     Document Type: Article

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