Kir4.1-mediated spatial buffering of K+: Experimental challenges in determination of its temporal and quantitative contribution to K+ clearance in the brain

Channels

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 544-550

  Larsen, Brian Roland ^a   MacAulay, Nanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glia; Ion transport; Kir4.1; Na+ K+ ATPase; NKCC1; Potassium clearance; Spatial buffering

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KIR4.1; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KCNJ10 (CHANNEL); POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BALANCE; POTASSIUM CLEARANCE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VITREOUS BODY; ANIMAL; GLIA; ION TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING;

EID: 84927511211     PISSN: 19336950     EISSN: 19336969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/19336950.2014.970448     Document Type: Article

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