1994
Astrocyte Na+ channels are required for maintenance of Na+/K(+)-ATPase activity
Sontheimer H, Fernandez-Marques E, Ullrich N, Pappas C, Waxman S. Astrocyte Na+ channels are required for maintenance of Na+/K(+)-ATPase activity. Journal Of Neuroscience 1994, 14: 2464-2475. PMID: 8182422, PMCID: PMC6577452, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.14-05-02464.1994.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAstrocytesAstrocytomaCell LineCells, CulturedElectrophysiologyGanglia, SpinalGliomaMembrane PotentialsModels, BiologicalOuabainRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRubidiumSodiumSodium ChannelsSodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPaseStrophanthidinTetrodotoxinTime FactorsTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsEffects of TTXGlial cellsAction potential electrogenesisRat spinal cordPatch-clamp recordingsAstrocyte membrane potentialDose-dependent mannerVoltage-activated channelsAcute blockadeSpinal cordVoltage-activated ion channelsSpecific blockerATPase activityAstrocytesTTXAstrocyte deathAction potentialsUnidirectional influxBlockadeExcitable cellsIon channelsOuabainExtracellular spaceMembrane potentialIon levels
1983
Effects of extracellular potassium concentration on the excitability of the parallel fibres of the rat cerebellum.
Kocsis J, Malenka R, Waxman S. Effects of extracellular potassium concentration on the excitability of the parallel fibres of the rat cerebellum. The Journal Of Physiology 1983, 334: 225-244. PMID: 6864558, PMCID: PMC1197311, DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1983.sp014491.Peer-Reviewed Original Research