Essential role of the persistent sodium current in spike initiation during slowly rising inputs in mouse spinal neurones

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 574, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 819-834

  Kuo, J J ^a   Lee, R H ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Heckman, C J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RILUZOLE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; CHANNEL GATING; CURRENT CLAMP TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO; FIRING RATE; NERVE POTENTIAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33746217759     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.107094     Document Type: Article

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