Effects of cholesterol levels on the excitability of rat hippocampal neurons

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-223

  Guo, Jianli ^a   Chi, Shaopeng ^a   Xu, Huina ^a   Jin, Gang ^a   Qi, Zhi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Action potential; Action potential duration; Patch clamp; Voltage gated K+ channel

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BETA-CYCLODEXTRINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 42449147808     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687680701805541     Document Type: Article

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