Transient potassium currents regulate the discharge patterns of dorsal cochlear nucleus pyramidal cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2195-2208

  Kanold, Patrick O ^a   Manis, Paul B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Cochlear nucleus; Hearing; Inactivation; Intrinsic discharge patterns; Outside out patches; Potassium channels; Transient potassium currents; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CELL ACTIVATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPIKE WAVE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0033559913     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-06-02195.1999     Document Type: Article

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