Simulation of Ca2+ persistent inward currents in spinal motoneurones: Mode of activation and integration of synaptic inputs

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 570, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 355-374

  ElBasiouny, Sherif M ^a   Bennett, David J ^a   Mushahwar, Vivian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CAT; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOTONEURON; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPINAL NERVE; CELL ACTIVATION; FIRING RATE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SPINAL NERVES; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33644859593     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.099119     Document Type: Article

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