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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2011

Postnatal development of A-type and Kv1- and Kv2-mediated potassium channel currents in neocortical pyramidal neurons.

Dongxu Guan, Leslie R Horton, William E Armstrong, Robert C Foehring

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dongxu GuanDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
Leslie R Horton
William E Armstrong
Robert C Foehring
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

Slowly Inactivating K+ Channels in Pyramidal NeuronsR01NS044163 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI FOEHRING, ROBERT C, SPAIN, WILLIAM J · 2003 to 2022
$6.5M
NINDS NIH HHS NS-044163NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS044163
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Potassium channels regulate numerous aspects of neuronal excitability, and several voltage-gated K(+) channel subunits have been identified in pyramidal neurons of rat neocortex. Previous studies have either considered the development of outward current as a whole or divided currents into transient, A-type and persistent, delayed rectifier components but did not differentiate between current components defined by α-subunit type. To facilitate comparisons of studies reporting K(+) currents from animals of different ages and to understand the functional roles of specific current components, we characterized the postnatal development of identified Kv channel-mediated currents in pyramidal neurons from layers II/III from rat somatosensory cortex. Both the persistent/slowly inactivating and transient components of the total K(+) current increased in density with postnatal age. We used specific pharmacological agents to test the relative contributions of putative Kv1- and Kv2-mediated currents (100 nM α-dendrotoxin and 600 nM stromatoxin, respectively). A combination of voltage protocol, pharmacology, and curve fitting was used to isolate the rapidly inactivating A-type current. We found that the density of all identified current components increased with postnatal age, approaching a plateau at 3-5 wk. We found no significant changes in the relative proportions or kinetics of any component between postnatal weeks 1 and 5, except that the activation time constant for A-type current was longer at 1 wk. The putative Kv2-mediated component was the largest at all ages. Immunocytochemistry indicated that protein expression for Kv4.2, Kv4.3, Kv1.4, and Kv2.1 increased between 1 wk and 4-5 wk of age.

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Age FactorsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBiophysicsCells, CulturedDelayed Rectifier Potassium ChannelsDrug InteractionsElectric StimulationGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalNeocortexPatch-Clamp TechniquesPotassium Channel BlockersPotassium ChannelsPyramidal CellsRatsDelayed Rectifier Potassium ChannelsPotassium Channel BlockersPotassium ChannelsShab Potassium ChannelsShaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels

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PMID21451062
PMCPMC3118737
OpenAlexW2015816905

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