Involvement of apamin-sensitive SK channels in spike frequency adaptation of neurons in nucleus tractus solitarii of the rat

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 418-424

  Yen, J C ^a   Chan, Julie Y H ^b   Chan, Samuel H H ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apamin; Charybdotoxin; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Spike frequency adaptation

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CHARYBDOTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPIKE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032700442     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02253673     Document Type: Article

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