Granular cells of the mormyrid electrosensory lobe and postsynaptic control over presynaptic spike occurrence and amplitude through an electrical synapse

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 2191-2203

  Zhang, Jianmei ^a,d   Han, Victor Z ^b   Meek, Johannes ^c   Bell, Curtis C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAP JUNCTION; GRANULAR CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; CARBENOXOLONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGENTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA AGENTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; LYSINE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33947121585     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01262.2006     Document Type: Article

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