The roles potassium currents play in regulating the electrical activity of ventral cochlear nucleus neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3097-3113

  Rothman, Jason S ^a   Manis, Paul B ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BUSHY CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL TYPE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPOLARIZATION; SIMULATION; SODIUM CURRENT; STELLATE CELL; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; GUINEA PIGS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0037905733     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00127.2002     Document Type: Article

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