Sodium along with low-threshold potassium currents enhance coincidence detection of subthreshold noisy signals in MSO neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2465-2473

  Svirskis, Gytis ^a,b   Kotak, Vibhakar ^a   Sanes, Dan H ^a   Rinzel, John ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLAMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPOLARIZATION; DYNAMICS; GERBIL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GERBILLINAE; NEURONS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 2442592638     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00717.2003     Document Type: Article

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