Morphological and membrane properties of rat magnocellular basal forebrain neurons maintained in culture

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1653-1669

  Sim, J A ^a,b   Allen, T G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; AMILORIDE; BARIUM ION; CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; POTASSIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; FOREBRAIN; GIANT CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION;

EID: 0031769375     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.1653     Document Type: Article

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