Neuromodulation of Na+ channels: An unexpected form of cellular plasticity

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 397-407

  Cantrell, Angela R ^a   Catterall, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035378383     PISSN: 14710048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35077553     Document Type: Review

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