Expression and functional role of BK channels in chronically injured spinal cord white matter

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-236

  Ye, Hui ^a,b,c   Buttigieg, Josef ^a,b,c   Wan, Yudi ^a,b,c   Wang, Jian ^a,b,c   Figley, Sarah ^a,b,c   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon; Compound action potential (CAP); Electrophysiology; Large conductance, calcium dependent potassium channel (BK); Spinal cord injury (SCI); Voltage dependent calcium channel (VDCC)

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IBERIOTOXIN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84861684367     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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