Amplification of perforant-path EPSPs in CA3 pyramidal cells by LVA calcium and sodium channels

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1558-1561

  Urban, Nathaniel N ^a   Henze, Darrell A ^a   Barrionuevo, German ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 0031761036     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.3.1558     Document Type: Article

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