Sodium transport in astrocytes in homogenous primary cultures from mouse brain cortex were investigated with radiotracer ('\*Na) and electrophysiological methods. The equilibrated Na+ content was 190 nmol X mg-' protein and the influx and efflux rates were identical at about 560 nmol X mg-' X min-'.
A transmembrane sodium cycle in astrocytes
✍ Scribed by Wolfgang Walz; Elizabeth C. Hinks
- Book ID
- 118871517
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 494 KB
- Volume
- 368
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-8993
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