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 linesCordMRNA
1995
Na+ channel β1 subunit mRNA expression in developing rat central nervous system
Sashihara S, Oh Y, Black J, Waxman S. Na+ channel β1 subunit mRNA expression in developing rat central nervous system. Brain Research 1995, 34: 239-250. PMID: 8750827, DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(95)00168-r.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGranule cell layerCell layerRat central nervous systemBeta 1Channel beta 1 subunitRexed's lamina IXDentate granule cellsPyramidal cell layerPostnatal day 2Beta 1 expressionSpecific neuronal populationsVentral-dorsal gradientCentral nervous systemSubunit mRNA expressionVoltage-dependent sodium channelsExternal granule cell layerInternal granule cell layerDorsal hornVentral hornLamina IXSpinal cordBeta 1 subunitAdult ratsIntensity of labelingGranule cells