Diversity of astrocyte potassium channels: An update

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 136, Issue , 2018, Pages 26-36

  Seifert, Gerald ^a   Henneberger, Christian ^a,b,c   Steinhäuser, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; BK channel; CNS disease; K2P channel; K+ homeostasis; Kir channels

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR4.1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV; TREK1 PROTEIN; TWIK1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; ION CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; HUMANS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 85008311841     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2016.12.002     Document Type: Review

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