Membrane properties and morphology of vasopressin neurons in slices of rat suprachiasmatic nucleus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2710-2717

  Pennartz, C M A ^a   Bos, N P A ^a   De Jeu, M T G ^a   Geurtsen, A M S ^a   Mirmiran, M ^a   Sluiter, A A ^a   Buijs, R M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; BIOCYTIN; NEUROPHYSIN; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL STRUCTURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0031789618     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.5.2710     Document Type: Article

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