Dopamine neuron responses depend exponentially on pacemaker interval

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 926-933

  Putzier, Ilva ^a   Kullmann, Paul H M ^a   Horn, John P ^a   Levitan, Edwin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; SHAL POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; DOPAMINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCARINE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SHAL POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61349197526     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91144.2008     Document Type: Article

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