Axonal Na+ channels ensure fast spike activation and back-propagation in cerebellar granule cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 519-532

  Diwakar, Shyam ^a,b,c   Magistretti, Jacopo ^a   Goldfarb, Mitchell ^d   Naldi, Giovanni ^c   D'Angelo, Egidio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Pavia Unit ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACK PROPAGATION; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 61349108781     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90382.2008     Document Type: Article

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