Properties and role of I(h) in the pacing of subthreshold oscillations in entorhinal cortex layer II neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2562-2579

  Dickson, Clayton T ^a   Magistretti, Jacopo ^b   Shalinsky, Mark H ^a   Fransén, Erik ^c   Hasselmo, Michael E ^d   Alonso, Angel ^a,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; BARIUM; CESIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0034118101     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.5.2562     Document Type: Article

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