Intrinsic spontaneous activity and subthreshold oscillations in neurones of the rat dorsal column nuclei in culture

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 551, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 191-205

  Reboreda, Antonio ^a   Sánchez, Estela ^a   Romero, Marcos ^a   Lamas, J Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; LINOPIRDINE; RILUZOLE; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL FUNCTION; DORSAL COLUMN NUCLEUS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRINSIC SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OSCILLATION; PERFORATED PATCH CLAMP; SUBTHRESHOLD MEMBRANE OSCILLATION; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; OSCILLOMETRY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RILUZOLE; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPINAL CORD; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0041353437     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.039917     Document Type: Review

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