The neuron as a dynamic electrogenic machine: Modulation of sodium-channel expression as a basis for functional plasticity in neurons

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1394, 2000, Pages 199-213

  Waxman, Stephen G ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Electrogenesis; Ion channel; Neural plasticity; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034728403     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0559     Document Type: Article

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