2003
Chemokine modulation of high‐conductance Ca2+‐sensitive K+ currents in microglia from human hippocampi
Bordey A, Spencer DD. Chemokine modulation of high‐conductance Ca2+‐sensitive K+ currents in microglia from human hippocampi. European Journal Of Neuroscience 2003, 18: 2893-2898. PMID: 14656339, DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2003.03021.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-conductance Ca2MIP1-alphaAcute pathological processesNon-activated microgliaSensitive outward currentsPharmaco-resistant epilepsyPatch-clamp recordingsOutward current amplitudeHigh input resistanceChemokine modulationHippocampal slicesInjury siteBrain slicesChronic pathologiesMicrogliaEpileptic patientsAmeboid morphologyIntracellular Ca2Human hippocampusOutward currentsMigratory effectsInput resistancePositive labelingPathological processesMode of action
1997
Postnatal Development of Ionic Currents in Rat Hippocampal Astrocytes In Situ
Bordey A, Sontheimer H. Postnatal Development of Ionic Currents in Rat Hippocampal Astrocytes In Situ. Journal Of Neurophysiology 1997, 78: 461-477. PMID: 9242294, DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.1.461.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHippocampal astrocytesPostnatal developmentCurrent sensitiveGlial cellsWhole-cell patch-clamp recordingsCell patch-clamp recordingsVoltage-activated sodium currentsGlial fibrillary acidic proteinRat hippocampal slicesRat hippocampal astrocytesFibrillary acidic proteinPatch-clamp recordingsOutward potassium currentEarly postnatal developmentIon channel expressionPercentage of cellsSteady-state activationStrong inward rectificationStratum radiatumHippocampal slicesCA1 regionDevelopmental changesPotassium currentChannel expressionEmbryonic rats