1997
Pharmacological Characterization of Na+ Influx via Voltage-Gated Na+ Channels in Spinal Cord Astrocytes
Rose C, Ransom B, Waxman S. Pharmacological Characterization of Na+ Influx via Voltage-Gated Na+ Channels in Spinal Cord Astrocytes. Journal Of Neurophysiology 1997, 78: 3249-3258. PMID: 9405543, DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.6.3249.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpinal cordChannel inactivationCultured spinal cordSpinal cord astrocytesEffect of veratridineSodium-binding benzofuranMicroM tetrodotoxinPharmacological characterizationAgonist kainatePharmacological inhibitionTetrodotoxinAstrocytesVeratridineCordMembrane depolarizationKainateImportant functional roleInfluxFunctional roleInhibitionCellsProminent pathwayATPase activityInactivationBaseline
1996
Voltage-gated Na+ channels in glia: properties and possible functions
Sontheimer H, Black J, Waxman S. Voltage-gated Na+ channels in glia: properties and possible functions. Trends In Neurosciences 1996, 19: 325-331. PMID: 8843601, DOI: 10.1016/0166-2236(96)10039-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research