Ion conductances related to development of repetitive firing in mouse retinal ganglion neurons in situ

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-206

  Rothe, Thomas ^a   Jüttner, René ^a   Bähring, Robert ^a,b   Grantyn, Rosemarie ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium channel expression; Excitability; Potassium channels; Repetitive firing; Retinal development; Retinal ganglion neurons

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CHARYBDOTOXIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; DEPOLARIZATION; EMBRYO; ION CONDUCTANCE; MOUSE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE;

EID: 0345722733     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19990205)38:2<191::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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