Potassium currents in acutely isolated human hippocampal dentate granule cells

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 498, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-85

  Beck, H ^a   Clusmann, H ^a   Kral, T ^a   Schramm, J ^a   Heinemann, U ^b   Elger, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; APAMIN; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CHARYBDOTOXIN; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TIME;

EID: 0031015879     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp021842     Document Type: Article

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