Voltage-clamp analysis and computer simulation of a novel cesium- resistant a-current in guinea pig laterodorsal tegmental neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3111-3126

  Sanchez, Russell M ^a,b   Surkis, Alisa ^a   Leonard, Christopher S ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; ION PERMEABILITY; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0031869446     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.6.3111     Document Type: Article

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