Passive and active membrane properties of isolated rat intracardiac neurons: Regulation by H- and M-currents

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1890-1902

  Cuevas, J ^a   Harper, A A ^c   Trequattrini, C ^d   Adams, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; HEART NERVE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030880404     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.4.1890     Document Type: Article

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