Alterations of sodium and potassium channels of RGCs in RCS rat with the development of retinal degeneration

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 976-985

  Chen, Zhongshan ^a,b   Song, Yanping ^b   Yao, Junping ^c   Weng, Chuanhuang ^a   Yin, Zheng Qin ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU COMMAND   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Potassium current; Retinal degeneration; Retinal ganglion cells; Sodium current; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETINA DEGENERATION; ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEON RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84885949603     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-013-0082-9     Document Type: Article

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