GABAergic responses of mammalian ependymal cells in the central canal neurogenic niche of the postnatal spinal cord

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 553, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-62

  Corns, Laura F ^a,b   Deuchars, Jim ^a   Deuchars, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Ependymal cell; Gamma amino butyric acid; Gap junction; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPENDYMA CELL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAP JUNCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; WHOLE CELL;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPENDYMAL CELL; GAMMA AMINO BUTYRIC ACID; GAP JUNCTION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; EPENDYMA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GAP JUNCTIONS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84884378392     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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