Scrapie infection alters the membrane and synaptic properties of mouse hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurones

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 500, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-15

  Johnston, Alex R ^b   Black, Catherine ^b   Fraser, Janet ^a   MacLeod, Nikki ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCRAPIE; SPIKE; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030956658     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp021994     Document Type: Article

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