Participation of low-threshold Ca2+ spike in the Purkinje cells complex spike

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-303

  Cavelier, Pauline ^a   Lohof, Ann M ^b   Lonchamp, Etienne ^a   Beekenkamp, Huguette ^a   Mariani, Jean ^b   Bossu, Jean Louis ^a,c  

^a IFR 37 des Neurosciences de Strasbourg   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Department de Neurotransmission et Sécrétion Neuroendocrine ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Calcium spike; Cerebellum; Climbing fiber; Complex spike; Purkinje cell; T type and R type calcium channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL R TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; MIBEFRADIL; NICKEL; SNX 482;

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SPIKE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, R-TYPE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUTAMIC ACID; MIBEFRADIL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NICKEL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; SPIDER VENOMS;

EID: 40049098845     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282f4cb96     Document Type: Article

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