The electrical properties of auditory hair cells in the frog amphibian papilla

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 5275-5292

  Smotherman, Michael S ^a   Narins, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian papilla; Calcium currents; Electrical resonances; Electrical tuning; Frequency discrimination; Frogs; Hair cells; Hearing; Potassium currents; Rana pipiens pipiens

Indexed keywords

PAPAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; FROG; HAIR CELL; HEARING; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033168707     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-13-05275.1999     Document Type: Article

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