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Sensory neuron-specific sodium channel SNS is abnormally expressed in the brains of mice with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and humans with multiple sclerosis
Black J, Dib-Hajj S, Baker D, Newcombe J, Cuzner M, Waxman S. Sensory neuron-specific sodium channel SNS is abnormally expressed in the brains of mice with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and humans with multiple sclerosis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2000, 97: 11598-11602. PMID: 11027357, PMCID: PMC17246, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.21.11598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExperimental allergic encephalomyelitisMultiple sclerosisAllergic encephalomyelitisClinical abnormalitiesChannel expressionPurkinje cellsTrigeminal ganglion neuronsBrains of micePeripheral nervous systemSodium channel expressionIon channel expressionCerebellar Purkinje cellsAbnormal repertoiresAxonal degenerationControl miceGanglion neuronsControl subjectsMouse modelNormal brainAnimal modelsNervous systemNeurological diseasesSodium channelsProtein expressionAbnormal patterns
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Chapter 8: The expression of sodium channels in astrocytes in situ and in vitro
Black J, Sontheimer H, Minturn J, Ransom B, Waxman S. Chapter 8: The expression of sodium channels in astrocytes in situ and in vitro. Progress In Brain Research 1992, 94: 89-107. PMID: 1337617, DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)61742-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOptic nerve astrocytesSodium channel expressionChannel expressionSodium channelsOptic nerveSodium current propertiesChannel expression patternsIon channel expressionSimilar electrophysiological propertiesCultured astrocytesAstrocytesElectrophysiological propertiesSodium currentHeterogeneous groupDifferent patternsNerveDifferent subpopulationsExpressionExpression patternsCell-cell interactionsHippocampusA2B5Neurons