Density of transient K+ current influences excitability in acutely isolated vasopressin and oxytocin neurones of rat hypothalamus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 511, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 423-432

  Fisher, Thomas E ^a,b   Voisin, Daniel L ^a,c   Bourque, Charles W ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL DENSITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL SIZE; RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0032167723     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.423bh.x     Document Type: Article

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