SK channels regulate excitatory synaptic transmission and plasticity in the lateral amygdala

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 635-641

  Faber, E S Louise ^a   Delaney, Andrew J ^a   Sah, Pankaj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; APAMIN; BENZYL[3 [[1 (3,4 DICHLOROPHENYL)ETHYL]AMINO] 2 HYDROXYPROPYL]PHOSPHINIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PICROTOXIN; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHELATING AGENTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 17844409808     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1450     Document Type: Article

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