Ionic currents underlying developmental regulation of repetitive firing in Aplysia bag cell neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 7583-7598

  Nick, Teresa A ^a,c   Kaczmarek, Leonard K ^a,b   Carew, Thomas J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; bag cell neurons; bursting; calcium current; culture; delayed rectifier; development; ion channel; neuroendocrine; potassium current; voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; POTASSIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029860813     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-23-07583.1996     Document Type: Article

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