Activity-Dependent Depression of Excitability and Calcium Transients in the Neurohypophysis Suggests a Model of "Stuttering Conduction"

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 36, 2003, Pages 11352-11362

  Muschol, Martin ^a   Kosterin, Paul ^a   Ichikawa, Michinori ^b   Salzberg, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action potential; Calcium indicator; Excitation secretion coupling; Neurohypophysis; Temporal dispersion; Voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DYE; POTASSIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; STIMULUS SECRETION COUPLING; TIME;

EID: 0348109347     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-36-11352.2003     Document Type: Article

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