1997
Regulation of Na+ channel β1 and β2 subunit mRNA levels in cultured rat astrocytes
Oh Y, Lee Y, Waxman S. Regulation of Na+ channel β1 and β2 subunit mRNA levels in cultured rat astrocytes. Neuroscience Letters 1997, 234: 107-110. PMID: 9364509, DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(97)00694-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionMRNA levelsSpinal cordCompetitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionQuantitative competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionSpinal cord astrocytesRat optic nerveDibutyryl cAMPBeta 2 mRNACultured rat astrocytesTranscription-polymerase chain reactionBeta 1 mRNASubunit mRNA levelsNeuroblastoma cell linesOptic nerveChannel β1Cultured astrocytesRat astrocytesCalcium ionophoreAstrocytesBeta 1Chain reactionCell linesCordMRNADownregulation 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
1996
Expression of mRNA for a sodium channel in subfamily 2 in spinal sensory neurons
Waxman S, Black J. Expression of mRNA for a sodium channel in subfamily 2 in spinal sensory neurons. Neurochemical Research 1996, 21: 395-401. PMID: 8734431, DOI: 10.1007/bf02527702.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsal root gangliaSpinal sensory neuronsSchwann cellsDRG neuronsSensory neuronsRat dorsal root gangliaSodium channelsΒ1 subunitExpression of mRNARoot gangliaSpinal cordSitu hybridization cytochemistryNeuronsΑ-subunitAntisense riboprobesBlot analysisType IMRNACellsExpressionHigh levelsGangliaRNA blot analysisHippocampusCord
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 IIDifferential Na+ channel β1 subunit mRNA expression in stellate and flat astrocytes cultured from rat cortex and cerebellum: A combined in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry study
Oh Y, Waxman S. Differential Na+ channel β1 subunit mRNA expression in stellate and flat astrocytes cultured from rat cortex and cerebellum: A combined in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry study. Glia 1995, 13: 166-173. PMID: 7782102, DOI: 10.1002/glia.440130303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGFAP-positive astrocytesRat brainChannel beta 1 subunit (Na beta 1) mRNAMRNA expressionBeta 1 mRNA expressionSubunit mRNA expressionBeta 1 mRNABeta 1 subunit mRNARat cortexGranule cellsStellate astrocytesRat astrocytesAstrocytesChannel mRNAImmunocytochemistry methodSubunit mRNAsImmunocytochemistry studiesCerebellumBrainMRNASitu hybridizationRecent studiesDifferential expressionExpressionCells
1994
Rat brain Na+ channel mRNAs in non‐excitable Schwann cells
Oh Y, Black J, Waxman S. Rat brain Na+ channel mRNAs in non‐excitable Schwann cells. FEBS Letters 1994, 350: 342-346. PMID: 8070590, DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00807-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research