Dynamic metabotropic control of intrinsic firing in cerebellar unipolar brush cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3351-3360

  Russo, Marco J ^a,b   Yau, Hau Jie ^a   Nunzi, Maria Grazia ^a   Mugnaini, Enrico ^a   Martina, Marco ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 (2 CARBOXYCYCLOPROPYL) 3 (XANTHEN 9 YL)PROPIONIC ACID; CALRETININ; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BARIUM; BEE VENOMS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CEREBELLUM; CYCLOLEUCINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE; NEURAL INHIBITION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; XANTHENES;

EID: 57449083273     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90533.2008     Document Type: Article

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