Specific alteration of spontaneous GABAergic inhibition in cerebellar Purkinje cells in mice lacking the potassium channel Kv1.1

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2852-2864

  Zhang, Chuan Li ^a   Messing, Albee ^b   Van Chiu, Shing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; GABA; Homologous recombination; Mouse; Potassium channel gene; Purkinje cell

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL;

EID: 0033561477     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-08-02852.1999     Document Type: Article

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