Kinetic parameters of the ionic currents in myelinated axons: Characterization of temperature effects in a hibernator and a nonhibernator

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 431, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 888-894

  Russ, Ulrich ^a,b   Siemen, Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Cold adaptation; Hibernation; K channel; Myelinated nerve; Na channel; Node of Ranvier

Indexed keywords

DENDROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; ION CURRENT; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CRICETINAE; HIBERNATION; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESOCRICETUS; MYELIN SHEATH; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029867352     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050082     Document Type: Article

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