Analysis of spontaneous electrical activity in cerebellar Purkinje cells acutely isolated from postnatal rats

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-32

  Nam, Sang C ^a,b   Hockberger, Philip E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Na current; Pacemaker activity; Persistent current; Purkinje cells; Repetitively firing; Window current

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELLS, CULTURED; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PURKINJE CELLS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0030949087     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199707)33:1<18::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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