Ionic currents underlying spontaneous action potentials in isolated cerebellar purkinje neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1663-1674

  Raman, Indira M ^a,b   Bean, Bruce P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium current; Cerebellum; L(h); Pacemaker; Pacemaking; Potassium current; Sodium current; Spike

Indexed keywords

COBALT; MIBEFRADIL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; ION CURRENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE WAVE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0033103324     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-05-01663.1999     Document Type: Article

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