Three kinetically distinct Ca2+ -independent depolarization-activated K+ currents in callosal-projecting rat visual cortical neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2309-2320

  Locke, Rachel E ^a   Nerbonne, Jeanne M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030612805     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.5.2309     Document Type: Article

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