Dendritic properties of turtle pyramidal neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 683-694

  Larkum, Matthew E ^a,d   Watanabe, Shigeo ^b,d   Lasser Ross, Nechama ^b,d   Rhodes, Paul ^c,d   Ross, William N ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Evolved Machines   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TURTLE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CYCLOLEUCINE; DENDRITES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SODIUM; TURTLES;

EID: 39149087949     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01076.2007     Document Type: Article

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