Ca2+-independent muscarinic excitation of rat medial entorhinal cortex layer V neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3343-3351

  Egorov, Alexei V ^a   Angelova, Plamena R ^a   Heinemann, Uwe ^a   Müller, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Ca2+ signalling; Entorhinal cortex; Epileptiform activity; Non specific cation current; Rat

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BARIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CARBACHOL; CESIUM; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICKEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CATION EXCHANGE; CATION TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ENTORHINAL CORTEX LAYER V NEURON; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MEDIAL ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEIZURE; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SOMATIC CELL; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; ION CHANNELS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0347419229     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2003.03050.x     Document Type: Article

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