Inactivation of macroscopic late Na+ current and characteristics of unitary late Na+ currents in sensory neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2538-2549

  Baker, Mark D ^a   Bostock, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL GANGLION; STEADY STATE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0031731098     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.5.2538     Document Type: Article

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