Role of potassium and calcium in the generation of cellular bursts in the dentate gyms

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2293-2299

  Pan, Enhui ^a   Stringer, Janet L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030991491     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.5.2293     Document Type: Article

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