The absence of resurgent sodium current in mouse spinal neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 849, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 162-168

  Pan, Fei ^a   Beam, Kurt G ^a  

^a Dept Anat Neurbio Colorado S ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Resurgent current; Scn8a; Sodium channel; Spinal motoneuron

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PURKINJE CELLS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032758088     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02060-0     Document Type: Article

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