Autonomous initiation and propagation of action potentials in neurons of the subthalamic nucleus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 5679-5700

  Atherton, Jeremy F ^a   Wokosin, David L ^a   Ramanathan, Sankari ^a   Bevan, Mark D ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANKYRIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; FIRING RATE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANKYRINS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; AXONS; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GOLGI APPARATUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHINIC ACIDS; PROPANOLAMINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 57049089872     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.155861     Document Type: Article

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