Persistent inward currents in rat ventral horn neurones

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 580, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 507-522

  Theiss, Renée D ^a   Kuo, Jason J ^a   Heckman, C J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; RILUZOLE; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHESIS; INTERNEURON; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; FIRING RATE; INCUBATION TIME; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; PERSISTENT INWARD CURRENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM;

EID: 34147164057     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.124123     Document Type: Article

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