Dendritic Ca2+-activated K+ conductances regulate electrical signal propagation in an invertebrate neuron

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 8319-8326

  Wessel, Ralf ^a   Kristan Jr , William B ^a   Kleinfeld, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Backpropagating spikes; Caged calcium; Calcium; Calcium activated potassium conductance; Dendrite; Leech

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COBALT; POTASSIUM; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LEECH; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0033216108     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-19-08319.1999     Document Type: Article

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