Slow closed-state inactivation: A novel mechanism underlying ramp currents in cells expressing the hNE/PN1 sodium channel

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 9607-9619

  Cummins, Theodore R ^a,b   Howe, James R ^a   Waxman, Stephen G ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; Excitability; Expression; Persistent current; Sodium channel; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DEPOLARIZATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; KIDNEY CELL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL GANGLION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0032400799     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-23-09607.1998     Document Type: Article

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