Examining potassium channel function in astrocytes

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 814, Issue , 2012, Pages 265-281

  Olsen, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Electrophysiology; Inwardly rectifying potassium channel; K + channel; Patch clamp; Potassium buffering

Indexed keywords

INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM INWARDLY RECTIFYING CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY J, MEMBER 10; POTASSIUM INWARDLY-RECTIFYING CHANNEL, SUBFAMILY J, MEMBER 10;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RATS;

EID: 84855919817     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-452-0_18     Document Type: Article

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