Article: The Kv2.1 K.sup.+ .sup.channel targets to the axon initial segment of hippocampal and cortical neurons in culture and in situ.(Research article)(Report)

Authors: Patrick D Sarmiere [1,2]; Cecile M Weigle [1]; Michael M Tamkun (corresponding author) [1]

Background

Voltage-gated ion channels are often highly localized in electrically excitable cells such as nerve and muscle. As originally noted by Trimmer and colleagues [1], the Kv2.1 delayed rectifier is expressed primarily in the somatic region of hippocampal neurons where it is found in cell surface clusters that can co-localize with ryanodine receptors and SR-like subsurface cisterns [2, 3]. Interestingly, these clusters also co-localize with cholinergic synapses in spinal motor neurons [4]. Kv2.1 represents the predominant delayed rectifier current ...

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