Functional and molecular differences between voltage-gated K+ channels of fast-spiking interneurons and pyramidal neurons of rat hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 8111-8125

  Martina, Marco ^a   Schultz, Jobst H ^b   Ehmke, Heimo ^b   Monyer, Hannah ^b   Jonas, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hippocampal slices; Interneurons; Kv1, Kv2, Kv3, Kv4 subunits; Nucleated patch; Single cell RT PCR; Voltage gated K+ channels

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 0032531786     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-20-08111.1998     Document Type: Article

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