High threshold, proximal initiation, and slow conduction velocity of action potentials in dentate granule neuron mossy fibers

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 281-291

  Kress, Geraldine J ^a   Dowling, Margaret J ^a   Meeks, Julian P ^a   Mennerick, Steven ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; ANK3 PROTEIN, RAT; ANKYRIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL, VOLTAGE GATED, TYPE II, ALPHA 1; SODIUM CHANNEL, VOLTAGE-GATED, TYPE II, ALPHA 1; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANKYRINS; DENDRITES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 55249093633     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90295.2008     Document Type: Article

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