1996
Identification and Characterization of a Ca2+-Sensitive Nonspecific Cation Channel Underlying Prolonged Repetitive Firing in Aplysia Neurons
Wilson G, Richardson F, Fisher T, Olivera B, Kaczmarek L. Identification and Characterization of a Ca2+-Sensitive Nonspecific Cation Channel Underlying Prolonged Repetitive Firing in Aplysia Neurons. Journal Of Neuroscience 1996, 16: 3661-3671. PMID: 8642410, PMCID: PMC6578840, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-11-03661.1996.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonspecific cation channelRepetitive firingCation channelsSpontaneous repetitive firingNeuronal response propertiesBag cell neuronsSlow inwardNeuronal excitabilityCell neuronsChannels underliesProlonged dischargeAplysia bag cell neuronsAplysia neuronsAfterdischargesNeuronsPhosphorylation-mediated changesResponse propertiesChannel recordingsConus textileFiringO mVTetrodotoxinExcitability
1990
Cyclic AMP regulates processing of neuropeptide precursor in bag cell neurons ofAplysia
Azhderian E, Kaczmarek L. Cyclic AMP regulates processing of neuropeptide precursor in bag cell neurons ofAplysia. Journal Of Molecular Neuroscience 1990, 2: 61-70. PMID: 1964064, DOI: 10.1007/bf02876912.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBag cell neuronsEgg-laying hormoneCell neuronsCAMP levelsPresence of tetrodotoxinBag cell clustersAdenylate cyclase activator forskolinELH prohormoneCyclase activator forskolinElevation of cAMPMembrane-permeant cAMP analogAbdominal ganglionControl clustersPermeant cAMP analogueAction potentialsNeuroactive peptidesTreatment of cellsProtein synthesis inhibitor anisomycinActivator forskolinNeuronsProhormoneAfterdischargesCyclic AMPTetrodotoxinComparative peptide mappingTransfection of activated ras into an excitable cell line (AtT-20) alters tetrodotoxin sensitivity of voltage-dependent sodium current
Flamm R, Birnberg N, Kaczmarek L. Transfection of activated ras into an excitable cell line (AtT-20) alters tetrodotoxin sensitivity of voltage-dependent sodium current. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal Of Physiology 1990, 416: 120-125. PMID: 2191273, DOI: 10.1007/bf00370232.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTTX-sensitive currentsResistant currentSodium currentTTX-resistant sodium currentsVoltage-dependent sodium currentsSodium channel blocker tetrodotoxinTTX-resistant currentChannel blocker tetrodotoxinAnterior pituitary tumorsVoltage-dependent sodiumCell linesC-Ha-ras geneTTX-sensitiveBlocker tetrodotoxinPituitary tumorsExcitable cell lineC-Ha-ras oncogeneTetrodotoxin sensitivityTetrodotoxinAtT-20 cellsControl cellsCellsRate of inactivationTransfectionTumors