Calcium-dependent subthreshold oscillations determine bursting activity induced by N-methyl-D-aspartate in rat subthalamic neurons in vitro

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1296-1304

  Zhu, Zi Tao ^a   Munhall, Adam ^a   Shen, Ke Zhong ^a   Johnson, Steven W ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Burst firing; Firing pattern; Subthalamic nucleus; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CATION CHANNEL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; FLUFENAMIC ACID; IBERIOTOXIN; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SPIKE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 1642332207     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03240.x     Document Type: Article

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