Biophysical mechanisms underlying the paradoxical potentiation of the low-voltage activated calcium current in thalamocortical neurons: A modeling study

Thalamus and Related Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-173

  Lambert, Regis C ^a   Bessaïh, Thomas ^a   Leresche, Nathalie ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Channel phosphorylation; Markov kinetic scheme; Regulation; T type

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; THALAMUS; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 34147142475     PISSN: 14729288     EISSN: 17448107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1472928807000179     Document Type: Article

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