Functional characterization of the H-current in SCN neurons in subjective day and night: A whole-cell patch-clamp study in acutely prepared brain slices

Brain Research

Volumn 767, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-80

  De Jeu, Marcel T G ^a   Pennartz, Cyriel M A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Circadian rhythm; H current; Spike afterhyperpolarization; Spontaneous firing; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030827847     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00632-X     Document Type: Article

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