A specific blocker reveals the presence and function of the hyperpolarization-activated cation current I(H) in peripheral mammalian nerve fibres

Neuroscience

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 631-634

  Takigawa, T ^a   Alzheimer, C ^a   Quasthoff, S ^b   Grafe, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conduction; Electrotonus; Inward rectification; Post tetanic hyperpolarization; ZD 7288

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CESIUM; ICI D2788; ION CHANNEL; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MAMMAL; MYELINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL ROOT; TETANY; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL GANGLION; VAGUS NERVE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CESIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE FIBERS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031594167     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00383-7     Document Type: Article

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