Evidence for persistent Na+ current in apical dendrites of rat neocortical neurons from imaging of Na+-sensitive dye

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1188-1192

  Mittmann, Thomas ^a   Linton, Shannon M ^a   Schwindt, Peter ^a   Crill, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; IONTOPHORESIS; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SODIUM CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030811985     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.2.1188     Document Type: Article

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