On the nature of anomalous rectification in thalamocortical neurones of the cat ventrobasal phalamus in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 505, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 727-747

  Williams, Stephen R ^a,b   Turner, Jonathan P ^a,c   Hughes, Stuart W ^a   Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; BARIUM ION; CESIUM ION; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOMALOUS RECTIFICATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CURRENT CLAMP TECHNIQUE; DISCONTINUOUS SINGLE ELECTRODE VOLTAGE CLAMP; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PARAMETERS; FAST RECTIFICATION; INTRACELLULAR SHARP ELECTRODE CURRENT CLAMP; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; SLOW INWARD MIXED CATIONIC CURRENT; THALAMUS; TIME-DEPENDENT RECTIFICATION; TONIC INWARD CURRENT; VENTROBASAL THALAMUS; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; VOLTAGE-CURRENT RELATIONSHIP; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALS; BARIUM; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; PYRIMIDINES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031574098     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.727ba.x     Document Type: Article

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