Characterization of ionic currents of cells of the subfornical organ that project to the supraoptic nuclei

Brain Research

Volumn 817, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 226-231

  Johnson, Ralph F ^a,b,c   Beltz, Terry G ^a,b,c   Jurzak, Mirek ^a,b,c   Wachtel, Ruth E ^b   Johnson, Alan Kim ^a,b,c  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuronal cell culture; Patch clamp; Potassium channels; Sodium channels; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYDRATION; ION CURRENT; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

NASA DISCIPLINE REGULATORY PHYSIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ION CHANNELS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0033616454     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01224-4     Document Type: Article

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