Carbon dioxide regulates the tonic activity of locus coeruleus neurons by modulating a proton- and polyamine-sensitive inward rectifier potassium current

Neuroscience

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 723-743

  Pineda, J ^a   Aghajanian, G K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; intracellular recording; NH4Cl; pH; slices; spermine

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; SPERMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PH; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IDAZOXAN; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POLYAMINES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031550622     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00485-X     Document Type: Article

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