Channel noise is essential for perithreshold oscillations in entorhinal stellate neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 43, 2005, Pages 10025-10028

  Dorval Jr , Alan D ^a,b   White, John A ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic clamp; Entorhinal; Excitability; Persistent sodium; Stochastic dynamics; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

RILUZOLE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NOISE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RILUZOLE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 27344452348     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3557-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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