Tonotopic gradients of membrane and synaptic properties for neurons of the chicken nucleus magnocellularis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 34, 2004, Pages 7514-7523

  Fukui, Iwao ^a   Ohmori, Harunori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory; Cochlear nucleus; Membrane excitability; Potassium channels; Synapse; Tonotopy

Indexed keywords

DENDROTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CHICKEN; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TONOTOPY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHICKENS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELAPID VENOMS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; KV1.1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KV1.2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4444283301     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0566-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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