Rat GnRH neurons exhibit large conductance voltage- and Ca 2+-activated K+ (BK) currents and express BK Channel mRNAs

Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-29

  Hiraizumi, Yoshie ^a   Nishimura, Ichiro ^a   Ishii, Hirotaka ^a   Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a   Takeshita, Toshiyuki ^a   Sakuma, Yasuo ^a   Kato, Masakatsu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium activated potassium channel; Charybdotoxin; Patch clamp; Potassium channel; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

CHARYBDOTOXIN; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GONADORELIN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHARYBDOTOXIN; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNITS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NICKEL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 40149107894     PISSN: 18806546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/physiolsci.RP013207     Document Type: Article

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