Different mechanisms underlying the repolarization of narrow and wide action potentials in pyramidal cells and interneurons of cat motor cortex

Neuroscience

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-68

  Chen, W ^a,b   Zhang, J J ^a   Hu, G Y ^c   Wu, C P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; A current; Ca2+ activated potassium current; narrow action potential; neocortex; tetraethylammonium

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CAT; CHANNEL GATING; DEPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REPOLARIZATION; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0029937439     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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