Genetic deletion of TREK-1 or TWIK-1/TREK-1 potassium channels does not alter the basic electrophysiological properties of mature hippocampal astrocytes in situ

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue FEB, 2016, Pages

  Du, Yixing ^a,b   Kiyoshi, Conrad M ^a   Wang, Qi ^a,c   Wang, Wei ^d   Ma, Baofeng ^a   Alford, Catherine C ^a   Zhong, Shiying ^a   Wan, Qi ^b   Chen, Haijun ^e   Lloyd, Eric E ^f   Bryan, Robert M ^f   Zhou, Min ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Meitan General Hospital   (China)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Hippocampus; Passive membrane conductance; Patch clamp recording; TREK 1 potassium channel

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREK1 GENE; TWIK1 GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84958769156     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2016.00013     Document Type: Article

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