Persistent Na+ current modifies burst discharge by regulating conditional backpropagation of dendritic spikes

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 324-337

  Doiron, Brent ^a   Noonan, Liza ^b   Lemon, Neal ^b   Turner, Ray W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC FISH; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; DENDRITES; ELECTRIC FISH; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERIODICITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SODIUM;

EID: 0037247175     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00729.2002     Document Type: Article

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