T-type and L-type Ca2+ conductances define and encode the bimodal firing pattern of vestibulocerebellar unipolar brush cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3823-3838

  Diana, Marco Alberto ^a   Otsu, Yo ^a   Maton, Gilliane ^b   Collin, Thibault ^b   Chat, Mireille ^b   Dieudonné, Stéphane ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

AOD based two photon imaging; L type channels; T type channels; UBC; Unipolar brush cells; Vestibulocerebellum

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; MIBEFRADIL; NIMODIPINE; SODIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITABILITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CEREBELLUM; INTERNEURONS; MICROVILLI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 34147157715     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4719-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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