Postnatal changes in the inactivation properties of voltage-gated sodium channels contribute to the mature firing pattern of spinal motoneurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2864-2876

  Carlin, K P ^a,c   Liu, J ^a   Jordan, L M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Purdue Pharma Discovery Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 57049139982     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00059.2008     Document Type: Article

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