Tuning the excitability of midbrain dopamine neurons by modulating the Ca2+ sensitivity of SK channels

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1883-1895

  Ji, Huifang ^a   Hougaard, Charlotte ^b   Herrik, Kjartan Frisch ^b,c,d   Strøbæk, Dorte ^b   Christophersen, Palle ^b   Shepard, Paul D ^a  

^a MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NEUROSEARCH A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Department of Neurophysiology ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

6,7 dichloro 1H indole 2,3 dione 3 oxime; Burst firing; KCa2.3; R N (benzimidazol 2 yl) 1,2,3,4 tetrohydro 1 naphtylamine; Rat; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

1-NAPHTHYLAMINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; APAMIN; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; INDOLES; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; OXIMES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 65549083564     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06735.x     Document Type: Article

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