Low-voltage activated calcium currents in ganglion cells of the tiger salamander retina: Experiment and simulation

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-51

  Henderson, Dori ^a   Miller, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Axon; Dendrites; Ganglion cells; Hodgkin Huxley; Inactivation; LVA channels; Retina; T type Calcium channels; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; CALCIUM ION; NICKEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENDRITE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; SALAMANDER; SIMULATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KINETICS; LARVA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 34247882803     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070083     Document Type: Article

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