Potassium currents and excitability in second-order auditory and vestibular neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 511-520

  Peusner, K D ^a   Gamkrelidze, G ^a   Giaume, C ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Ionic membrane conductance; Spike discharge

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0031872293     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19980901)53:5<511::AID-JNR1>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Review

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