Plasticity of the electric organ discharge: Implications for the regulation of ionic currents

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1409-1416

  Zakon, Harold ^a   McAnelly, Lynne ^a   Smith, G Troy ^a   Dunlap, Kent ^a   Lopreato, Gregory ^a   Oestreich, Joerg ^a   Few, W Preston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Electric fish; Electric organ; Estrogen; K+ channel; Na+ channel; NMDA receptor; Pacemaker neuron; Phosphorylation; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033024242     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.202.10.1409     Document Type: Article

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