Differential effects of corticosterone on the slow afterhyperpolarization in the basolateral amygdala and CA1 region: Possible role of calcium channel subunits

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 958-968

  Liebmann, Lutz ^a   Karst, Henk ^a   Sidiropoulou, Kyriaki ^c   Van Gemert, Neeltje ^a   Meijer, Onno C ^b   Poirazi, Panayiota ^c   Joëls, Marian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL CAV1.2; CALCIUM CHANNEL CAV1.3; CORTICOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STRESS; WISTAR RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 39149113122     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01137.2007     Document Type: Article

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