Membrane properties of dissociated trigeminal mesencephalic neurons of the adult rat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 227-234

  Yoshida, Shigeru ^a   Oka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action potential; Adaptation; Electrophysiology; Na+ channel; Rat; Tetrodotoxin; Trigeminal mesencephalic neuron

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; NICKEL; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0032033104     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(98)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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