The contribution of resurgent sodium current to high-frequency firing in Purkinje neurons: An experimental and modeling study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4899-4912

  Khaliq, Zayd M ^a   Gouwens, Nathan W ^a   Raman, Indira M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Cerebellum; K channel; Med; Na channel; Nav1.6; NEURON simulation; Scn8a; Spontaneous firing

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN NAV1.6; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BINDING KINETICS; CELL ISOLATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PURKINJE CELL; SCN8A GENE; SIMULATION; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE WAVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0038236735     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-12-04899.2003     Document Type: Article

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