Passive Glial Cells, Fact or Artifact?
Bordey A, Sontheimer H. Passive Glial Cells, Fact or Artifact? The Journal Of Membrane Biology 1998, 166: 213-222. PMID: 9843595, DOI: 10.1007/s002329900463.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsVoltage-activated currentsPassive astrocytesVoltage-dependent outwardCell accessAcute tissue slicesBath Ca2Glial cellsRat hippocampusSlice recordingsCultured astrocytesAstrocytesPipette solutionEffect of Ca2Tissue slicesMembrane capacitanceSuch cellsSubpopulationsCellsTransient maskingConcentration of Ca2Ca2SuperfusionHippocampusDoseProperties of human glial cells associated with epileptic seizure foci
Bordey A, Sontheimer H. Properties of human glial cells associated with epileptic seizure foci. Epilepsy Research 1998, 32: 286-303. PMID: 9761328, DOI: 10.1016/s0920-1211(98)00059-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeizure focusGlial cellsMesio-temporal lobe epilepsyWhole-cell patch-clamp recordingsLucifer YellowControl rat hippocampusPathophysiology of seizuresSlow action potentialsCurrent-clamp studiesGFAP-positive astrocytesEpileptic seizure fociPatch-clamp recordingsHuman glial cellsLobe epilepsyAcute slicesRat hippocampusEpilepsy patientsClamp studiesRat astrocytesAstrocytesIntermediate filaments GFAPNormal astrocytesAction potentialsPhysiological propertiesBranched processes