Active currents regulate sensitivity and dynamic range in C. elegans Neurons

Neuron

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 763-772

  Goodman, Miriam B ^a,d   Hall, David H ^b   Avery, Leon ^c   Lockery, Shawn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM CURRENT; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

EID: 0032055561     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81014-4     Document Type: Article

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