Distinct contributions of high- and low-voltage-activated calcium currents to afterhyperpolarizations in cholinergic nucleus basalis neurons of the guinea pig

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 7307-7315

  Williams, Sylvain ^a   Serafin, Mauro ^a   Mühlethaler, Michel ^a   Bernheim, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Afterhyperpolarization; Arousal; Basal forebrain; Calcium currents; Low threshold spike

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMILORIDE; APAMIN; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GUINEA PIG; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030874603     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-19-07307.1997     Document Type: Article

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