Orexin-A depolarizes dissociated rat area postrema neurons through activation of a nonselective cationic conductance

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 6303-6308

  Yang, Bo ^a   Ferguson, Alastair V ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area postrema; Cardiovascular function; Central control of feeding behavior; Electrophysiology; Nonselective cationic conductance; Orexin A; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

OREXIN A; PEPTIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUID BALANCE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CELL LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0036703618     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-15-06303.2002     Document Type: Article

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