Implication of Kir4.1 channel in excess potassium clearance: An in vivo study on anesthetized glial-conditional Kir4.1 knock-out mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 47, 2010, Pages 15769-15777

  Chever, Oana ^b   Djukic, Biljana ^c   McCarthy, Ken D ^c   Amzica, Florin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR4.1; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CRE RECOMBINASE; INTEGRASE; POTASSIUM INWARDLY RECTIFYING CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY J, MEMBER 10; POTASSIUM INWARDLY-RECTIFYING CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY J, MEMBER 10;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CELL LEVEL; POTASSIUM CLEARANCE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; WILD TYPE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GENETICS; GLIA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGLIA; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING;

EID: 78649418068     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2078-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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