Electrophysiological characterization of voltage-gated K+ currents in cerebellar basket and Purkinje cells: Kv1 and Kv3 channel subfamilies are present in basket cell nerve terminals

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 114-122

  Southan, Andrew P ^a,b   Robertson, Brian ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CeNeS Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basket cell; Cerebellum; Electrophysiology; Mouse; Potassium channels; Synapse

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034002485     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-01-00114.2000     Document Type: Article

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