Autonomous pacemakers in the basal ganglia: Who needs excitatory synapses anyway?

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 312-318

  Surmeier, D James ^a   Mercer, Jeff N ^a   Chan, C Savio ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE;

AUTONOMIC NERVE; BASAL GANGLION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PARKINSON DISEASE; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE;

EID: 20444411546     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2005.05.007     Document Type: Review

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