1998
Effects of Glucose Deprivation, Chemical Hypoxia, and Simulated Ischemia on Na+ Homeostasis in Rat Spinal Cord Astrocytes
Rose C, Waxman S, Ransom B. Effects of Glucose Deprivation, Chemical Hypoxia, and Simulated Ischemia on Na+ Homeostasis in Rat Spinal Cord Astrocytes. Journal Of Neuroscience 1998, 18: 3554-3562. PMID: 9570787, PMCID: PMC6793162, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03554.1998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAntimetabolitesAstrocytesBenzofuransCell HypoxiaDeoxyglucoseEnergy MetabolismEnzyme InhibitorsEthers, CyclicExcitatory Amino Acid AgonistsFluorescent DyesFluorides, TopicalGlucoseGlycolysisHomeostasisIschemiaKainic AcidNeurotoxinsOuabainRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySodiumSodium AzideSodium FluorideSodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPaseSpinal CordTetrodotoxinConceptsSpinal cord astrocytesChemical hypoxiaGlucose deprivationEnergy failureCultured spinal cord astrocytesGlutamatergic agonist kainateGlucose salineGlutamate reuptakeVivo ischemiaSpinal cordGlial functionMetabolic insultsSimulated ischemiaAgonist kainateIschemiaStandard salineAstrocytesSalineHypoxiaIntracellular ion concentrationsGlucose removalExtracellular spaceDeprivationL-lactateReperfusion
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