1997
Downregulation of Na+ channel mRNA in olfactory bulb tufted cells following deafferentiation
Sashihara S, Waxman S, Greer C. Downregulation of Na+ channel mRNA in olfactory bulb tufted cells following deafferentiation. Neuroreport 1997, 8: 1289-1293. PMID: 9175131, DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199703240-00046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlfactory bulbMitral cellsEffects of deafferentationPostnatal day 2Olfactory receptor cellsFunctional deafferentationAfferent inputChannel expressionDay 2Channel mRNAReceptor cellsChannel subunitsDeafferentationI mRNACauterizationCritical periodDetectable changeAlpha IIOdorant accessSitu hybridizationCellsCell propertiesExpressionBulbMRNA
1995
Differential up-regulation of sodium channel α- and β1-subunit mRNAs in cultured embryonic DRG neurons following exposure to NGF
Zur K, Oh Y, Waxman S, Black J. Differential up-regulation of sodium channel α- and β1-subunit mRNAs in cultured embryonic DRG neurons following exposure to NGF. Brain Research 1995, 30: 97-105. PMID: 7609649, DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(94)00283-k.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSodium channel alphaNerve growth factorChannel alphaDRG neuronsCultured embryonic DRG neuronsΒ1 subunit mRNAPattern of expressionDorsal root ganglion neuronsSodium channel subunitsEmbryonic DRG neuronsPresence of NGFSitu hybridization cytochemistryAbsence of NGFBeta 1 mRNABeta-subunit mRNANAG mRNAChannel subunitsDevelopment proceedsSodium channel αE16 embryosGanglion neuronsMRNAAlpha-IIIChannel αAlpha II