Modulation of the Kv3.1b potassium channel isoform adjusts the fidelity of the firing pattern of auditory neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1133-1141

  Macica, Carolyn M ^a   Von Hehn, Christian A A ^a   Wang, Lu Yang ^b   Ho, Chi Shun ^c   Yokoyama, Shigeru ^d   Joho, Rolf H ^e   Kaczmarek, Leonard K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory timing; Channel isoforms; Kv3.1; MNTB neurons; Phosphorylation; Potassium channel; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0037442788     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-04-01133.2003     Document Type: Article

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