Effects of serotonin on caudal raphe neurons: Activation of an inwardly rectifying potassium conductance

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1349-1361

  Bayliss, Douglas A ^a   Yu Wen, L I ^a   Talley, Edmund M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

EID: 1842377995     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.3.1349     Document Type: Article

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