A-type potassium channels differentially tune afferent pathways from rat solitary tract nucleus to caudal ventrolateral medulla or paraventricular hypothalamus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 582, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 613-628

  Bailey, T W ^a   Hermes, S M ^a   Whittier, K L ^a   Aicher, S A ^a   Andresen, M C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; BIOCYTIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM; A TYPE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; FAMPRIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SOMITE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CAUDAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; PERIKARYON; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34447283297     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.132365     Document Type: Article

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