Voltage-activated K+ currents of hypoglossal motoneurons in a brain stem slice preparation from the neonatal rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 140-148

  Lape, Remigijus ^a   Nistri, Andrea ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CESIUM; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032988396     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.1.140     Document Type: Article

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