Age-related enhancement of the slow outward calcium-activated potassium current in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 7234-7243

  Power, John M ^a,b   Wu, Wendy W ^a   Sametsky, Evgeny ^a   Oh, M Mathew ^a   Disterhoft, John F ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Current clamp; L type Ca2+ channels; Neuronal excitability; Nimodipine; Plasticity; Slow afterhyperpolarization; Whole cell voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; NIMODIPINE;

ADOLESCENT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0037104784     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-16-07234.2002     Document Type: Article

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