Ionic mechanisms involved in the spontaneous firing of tegmental pedunculopontine nucleus neurons of the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 771-794

  Takakusaki, K ^a,b   Kitai, S T ^b  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cholinergic neurons; electrical membrane properties; high threshold Ca2+ spike; low threshold Ca2+ spike; rhythmic firing; slice preparation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNELS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0030966678     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00540-4     Document Type: Article

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