Electrophysiological characteristics of identified kidney-related neurons in adult rat spinal cord slices

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 474, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-172

  Derbenev, Andrei V ^a   Duale, Hanad ^a   Rabchevsky, Alexander G ^a   Smith, Bret N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermediolateral cell column; Preganglionic neuron; Pseudorabies virus; Sympathetic; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; KYNURENIC ACID; PICROTOXIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INOCULATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; KIDNEY; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77951499156     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.03.036     Document Type: Article

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