Fine gating properties of channels responsible for persistent sodium current generation in entorhinal cortex neurons

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 855-873

  Magistretti, Jacopo ^a,b   Alonso, Angel ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entorhinal cortex; Patch clamp; Persistent Na+ current; Single channel; Stellate cells

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FLOW KINETICS; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; RAT; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SODIUM CURRENT; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0036900543     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.20028676     Document Type: Article

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