Properties of a Ca2+-activated K+ conductance in acutely isolated pyramidal-like neurons from the rat basolateral amygdaloid complex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1256-1262

  Meis, S ^a   Pape, H C ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM ION; CALCIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PREGNANCY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS;

EID: 0030609979     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.3.1256     Document Type: Article

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