Voltage-gated ionic currents in an identified modulatory cell type controlling molluscan feeding

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-119

  Staras, Kevin ^a   Gyori, János ^b   Kemenes, György ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cerebral giant cells; Feeding network; Lymnaea; Membrane properties; Spike generation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; BARIUM ION; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; NICKEL CHLORIDE; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN VIA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; FEEDING; GIANT CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LYMNAEA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CURRENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; LYMNAEA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0036460736     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01845.x     Document Type: Article

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