Neurons of the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus show a circadian rhythm in membrane properties that is lost during prolonged whole-cell recording

Brain Research

Volumn 815, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 154-166

  Schaap, Jeroen ^a   Bos, Nico P A ^b   De Jeu, Marcel T G ^b   Geurtsen, Alwin M S ^b   Meijer, Johanna H ^a   Pennartz, Cyriel M A ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell recording; Circadian rhythms; Electrophysiology; Rat hypothalamic slice; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Whole

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CELL TYPE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0033514083     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01025-7     Document Type: Article

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