A slow outward current activated by FMRFamide in heart interneurons of the medicinal leech

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4461-4472

  Nadim, Farzan ^a,b   Calabrese, Ronald L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conductance based model; FMRFamide; K+; leech; neural oscillator; slow outward currents

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HEART BEAT; INTERNEURON; LEECH; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030904691     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-11-04461.1997     Document Type: Article

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