Differential localization of rat Eag1 and Eag2 potassium channels in the retina

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 431, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-16

  Jow, Guey Mei ^a   Jeng, Chung Jiuan ^b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Dendrite; Eag; Immunofluorescence; Ion channel; Soma

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN EAG1; PROTEIN EAG2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA NERVE CELL;

AMACRINE CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL MEMBRANE; DENDRITES; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTORECEPTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 38049079819     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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