Muscarinic receptor activation induces depolarizing plateau potentials in bursting neurons of the rat subiculum

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2590-2601

  Kawasaki, Hiroto ^a   Palmieri, Carmela ^a,b   Avoli, Massimo ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CARBACHOL; CHOLINE; COBALT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; ION CONDUCTANCE; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBICULUM;

EID: 0032693464     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.5.2590     Document Type: Article

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