The pharmacology and roles of two K+ channels in motor pattern generation in the Xenopus embryo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1602-1612

  Kuenzi, Frederick M ^a,b   Dale, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Bute Medical Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; Catechol; Central pattern generator; Dendrotoxin; Neural model; Potassium channels; Repetitive firing; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CATECHOL; DENDROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MODEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032520129     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-04-01602.1998     Document Type: Article

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