The role of intrinsic and agonist-activated conductances in determining the firing patterns of preoptic area neurons in the guinea pig

Brain Research

Volumn 879, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 29-41

  Wagner, Edward J ^a   Reyes Vazquez, Cruz ^a   Rønnekleiv, Oline K ^a   Kelly, Martin J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterhyperpolarization; Calcium current; Firing; Inward rectification; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; BACLOFEN; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; NALOXONE; NICKEL CHLORIDE; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THERMOREGULATION;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM; CHLORIDES; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NICKEL; OVARIECTOMY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PREOPTIC AREA; PYRIMIDINES; REACTION TIME; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0034613223     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02698-6     Document Type: Article

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