Oscillatory bursting of phasically firing rat supraoptic neurones in low-Ca2+ medium: Na+ influx, cytosolic Ca2+ and gap junctions

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 496, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 379-394

  Li, Zhenhui ^a   Hatton, Glenn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ATROPINE; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINE; COBALT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; HALOTHANE; HEPARIN; HEPTANOL; LITHIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; NICKEL; PROMETHAZINE; RYANODINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; SURAMIN; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; SODIUM CURRENT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0029827233     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021692     Document Type: Article

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