Fast Na+ spike generation in dendrites of guinea-pig substantia nigra pars compacta neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 381-396

  Nedergaard, S ^a,b   Hounsgaard, J ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

A current; applied electric field; dopamine; membrane properties

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LIDOCAINE ETHOBROMIDE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CURRENT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030007780     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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