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
2002
Analysis of the K+ Current Profile of Mature Rat Oligodendrocytes in situ
Gipson K, Bordey A. Analysis of the K+ Current Profile of Mature Rat Oligodendrocytes in situ. The Journal Of Membrane Biology 2002, 189: 201-212. PMID: 12395285, DOI: 10.1007/s00232-002-1014-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
Differential Inhibition of Glial K+ Currents by 4-AP
Bordey A, Sontheimer H. Differential Inhibition of Glial K+ Currents by 4-AP. Journal Of Neurophysiology 1999, 82: 3476-3487. PMID: 10601476, DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.6.3476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords4-AminopyridineAction PotentialsAnimalsAstrocytesCells, CulturedDelayed Rectifier Potassium ChannelsElectrophysiologyLarge-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium ChannelsNeurogliaPatch-Clamp TechniquesPotassium Channel BlockersPotassium ChannelsPotassium Channels, Calcium-ActivatedPotassium Channels, Inwardly RectifyingPotassium Channels, Voltage-GatedRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySpinal CordTetraethylammoniumConceptsAcute spinal cord slicesSpinal cord slicesConcentration-dependent blockPotassium channel typesType currentsDose-dependent inhibitorNeuronal action potentialsCord slicesSpinal cordChannel blockersEpileptiform dischargesBrain slicesAction potentialsHomeostatic functionsA-currentAstrocytesDifferential inhibitionRepolarizationMembrane potentialChannel typesSlicesBlockersGlialCord
1998
Electrophysiological Properties of Human Astrocytic Tumor Cells In Situ: Enigma of Spiking Glial Cells
Bordey A, Sontheimer H. Electrophysiological Properties of Human Astrocytic Tumor Cells In Situ: Enigma of Spiking Glial Cells. Journal Of Neurophysiology 1998, 79: 2782-2793. PMID: 9582244, DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.5.2782.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAction PotentialsAstrocytesAstrocytomaBrain NeoplasmsCarcinomaCell DifferentiationChildChoroid Plexus NeoplasmsDelayed Rectifier Potassium ChannelsHumansIon TransportNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplastic Stem CellsNerve Tissue ProteinsPatch-Clamp TechniquesPotassiumPotassium Channel BlockersPotassium ChannelsPotassium Channels, Inwardly RectifyingPotassium Channels, Voltage-GatedSodium Channel BlockersSodium ChannelsSpinal CordTetraethylammoniumTetrodotoxinConceptsAstrocytoma cellsTumor cellsGlial cellsWhole-cell patch-clamp recordingsCell patch-clamp recordingsAction potential-like responsesOlder pediatric patientsSpinal cord astrocytesHuman astrocytic tumor cellsSensitive sodium currentsGroup of tumorsLow-grade astrocytomasPatch-clamp recordingsOutward potassium currentGlial tumor cellsAstrocytic tumor cellsGeneration of spikesHigh input resistancePeritumoral astrocytesPediatric patientsMicroM Ba2Pilocytic astrocytomaPotassium currentAstrocytesElectrophysiological properties