Determinants of excitability at transition zones in Kv1.1-deficient myelinated nerves

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 5768-5781

  Zhou, Lei ^a   Messing, Albee ^b   Chiu, Shing Yan ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Homologous recombination; Mouse; Myelinated nerves; Nerve conduction; Potassium channel gene; Transition zones

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOUSE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033565421     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-14-05768.1999     Document Type: Article

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