Intrinsic excitability of cholinergic neurons in the rat parabigeminal nucleus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3486-3493

  Goddard, C Alex ^a   Knudsen, Eric I ^a   Huguenard, John R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; ATROPINE; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; KYNURENIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN SLICE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARABIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SPIKE WAVE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KYNURENIC ACID; MESENCEPHALON; MICROELECTRODES; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; SYNAPSES;

EID: 37549061800     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00960.2007     Document Type: Article

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