SK channels control the firing pattern of midbrain dopaminergic neurons in vivo

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3111-3121

  Waroux, Olivier ^a   Massotte, Laurent ^a   Alleva, Livia ^a   Graulich, Amaury ^a   Thomas, Elizabeth ^a   Liégeois, Jean François ^a   Scuvée Moreau, Jacqueline ^a   Seutin, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burst firing; Extracellular recordings; Iontophoresis; Parkinson's disease; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; DOPAMINE; LAUDANOSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALKANES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IONTOPHORESIS; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NEURONS; OXOTREMORINE; PYRIDAZINES; QUINOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 29344442982     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04484.x     Document Type: Article

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