Low-threshold calcium currents in central nervous system neurons

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue , 1996, Pages 329-348

  Huguenard, J R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium dependent burst firing; low threshold spike; LVA current; oscillations; T current

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DIVALENT CATION; SUCCINIMIDE DERIVATIVE;

CALCIUM CURRENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHANNEL GATING; DENDRITE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0029917477     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ph.58.030196.001553     Document Type: Review

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